GAME ON : Wigan Warriors v Hull Kingston Rovers - 15:00:00

GENERAL CHAT ABOUT THE GAME, BUILD UP, THE ACTION AS IT HAPPENS AND AFTERMATH BELOW.

Sounds like cheap shot behind the knees by Wigan

Flower Smithies real bad late attacks lower leg. Keyes took big cheap shot when ball gone. Lots of surrounding ref and linesman by Isa Hastings Hardaker. The flower tackle in particular looked really bad and young Storton could be out for while? Only one incident put on report and no use to us in a game we competed well in despite fears Pre match. Mulhern knee got a cannonball. It's a tough game but 3 or 4 real cowardly acts today irrespective of result.

Partington got a mention on the radio for a late shot too

I often moan about our packs lack of aggression but that today was repeated low cynical attacks below knee.Plus a hit on relaxed player after ball gone. Not sure if 1 or 2 on report but won't help us whatsoever. Think Wigan expected a rollover today but we fronted up and with all things considered did ok. A card or 4 would have made it very interesting? Will have to see the hatchet jobs on the high lights but looked very bad in real time.

Unbelievably biased view. Flower came in at the back of the legs where the knee joint is. Maybe a one game ban but not cowardly or ‘real bad’ so grow up. The Mulhern one wasn’t a cannonball in the slightest, I guarantee nothing will come of it. As for the surrounding of the ref, I saw hardly any of that? Maybe once or twice when your team got another 50/50 call but that’s it.

And you scored 3 tries, all off Wigan mistakes. Two of them were very lucky bounces of the ball. The other a dropped high kick.

Never been one for Wigan bashing and it's a fans prerogative to support their team but couple of potential career ending tackles today.Even less deluded Wigan fans say as much on own forum Dirty gets

Career ending? Really? There was 1 bad tackle and the lad got up.

And most the Wigan try’s came through poor contact in defence by us. Easy card to play that one isn’t it.

Indefensible. Or maybe not?

Maybe a one game ban? Who's being biased? Incident online now so people can make own minds up.

Thankfully the disciplinary panel see otherwise....

Flower - 2 match ban (Grade C)
Partington - Tribunal (Grade D)

With the mass hysteria on social media you would've expected a 6 game ban.

I've seen the Partington one since and don't see a whole lot wrong with it, first contact with the hip and then back of the knee not the side. It's no worse than the Flower one.

Pathetic So grades C and D ? Should have been cards.we lose 4 players in game due to being nobbled and gain nothing.In fact it weakens Wigan versus our relegation rivals. On report is just an easy way out. We all have blinkers and defend our teams from perceived wrongs but I can't see how anyone can defend those tackle tactic that Wigan employ, The late hit on Keyes wasn't mentioned and felt that was just as bad.