A cup final that required us to have 11 men for Saints to win. Champions.

The only logic I can see for it is that it does go on for a while (in that pile of players on the floor) and Clarke still looks like he's trying to give someone a dig when everyone else has calmed down (around 2.15 on that video).

The ref an linesmen are in pretty close attendance and having a good look at what's going on, so they may well have seen a lot more than that video shows us.

John Stankevich`s blog makes for an interesting read on this game.

I heard the sinbinning was for dissent?

Fighting according to the RFL disciplinary panel. From what I see, he doesn't even approach the ref

Both teams' players all rush in to the melee and loads of stuff happens. There is no question of a VR analysis so the ref and his assistants have to talk, and have to call it as they see it. Which they did. So stop whingeing. If Clarke hadn't risked getting involved he would have stayed on the field. After he got involved, one or more officials has said they saw something that merited a sin binning and that's just the way it goes. Maybe they did. To call it "madness" is so OTT as to be funny.

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If you had actually witnessed the latest instalment in Mr Child's clear and obvious vendetta against widnes you would know that 'madness' is very much an understatement for the outright bias shown by that twonk on sunday. A vendetta he has pursued with a complete lack of professionalism since his championship debut officiating a game between us and Oldham. A game in which he started with several massive clangers, got some stick from the crowd, obviously took it personally and has continued to grind that particular axe against us ever since. without any shame or any attempt to hide it. You know its bad when you have die hard saints fans saying they couldnt believe how biased he was.

It was more shouting and pointing the finger at the Saints players, rather than having a go at Child I think.

So a full 2 team brawl kicks off and Clarke gets sin binned for pointing and shouting ? Best thing I've ever heard

Christ you got beat, move on.