I actually thought Wellens (as usuall) was the worst for moaning at ref. Simetimes I think he belongs on a football field the amount of time he whinges at referee with his arms In the air.

Did think Taylor was lucky to avoid a red. Did anyone notice Mcllorum's "cannonball" tackle in the first half?

I'll give you C, fair play. But your comments on b are just demented.

Dudson became a liability giving away two stupid penalties and getting us on a warning, but I didn't see anyone offside, it just seemed like Childs wanted to get someone off the field!

Then of course there was the blatant ball steal that Saints got away with. And how about Wellens flopping and Saints receive a penalty! Saints were diabolical around the ruck but were rarely penalised.

All in all Childs had an awful game, but to pretend it all went in Wigan's favour is deluded.

Btw, the penalty against Dudson for hitting LMS' arm away when he was grabbing hold of him...

I've seen this happen literally hundreds of times and never seen a penalty for it, why the sudden change?

Yes the ball steal, the one blatant decision which went saints way. But how could wellens have been a flop when he wasn't even tackled? I mean seriously? Wellens was the first player to lay a hand on him, and just because he went in aggressivley (but fairly) flower lost the plot.

Do you know what a flop is?

Walmsley made the tackle, ball hit the deck, Walmsley's hand never left him. Now unless I have grossly misinterpreted the rules, the tackle was complete.

You're right, but I'd prefer they all got penalised for it rather than that Dudson didn't. Free yourself, by all means, but when you start the Hong Kong Phooey crap you're penalised.

Watch it back fella, the tackle wasn't complete.

A fan complaining about a side being hard done to when they were the beneficiaries of a sin bin decision at a crucial part of the game and numerous penalty chances to seal the match even though they win in the end anyway?

Only in rugby league!

I thought the opposite myself, at least for long periods of the game. What is that cheap 'wood chopping' tactic Dudson is using worryingly often? Looked like he wasn't going to stop until someone got a broken arm.

I was just going to mention that myself. Happens every week and never ever gets penalised.

I said early on in the game that Wigan always get more than their share of the calls, but actually as it went on I felt it was Saints getting the rub. The only really bad one I remember that went Wigans way was the so called contact with the fullback mentioned earlier. The shoulder charge was inconclusive imo, there didn't really seem to be contact with the head, the damage may well have been done when he hit his own player. It would have taken a brave man to get the red card out. It will be interesting to see what the disciplinary make of it.

Just because Saints were awarded a heap of penalties, doesn't mean they were being favoured - simply that the referee was punishing Wigan's consistent indiscipline. Saints got the rough end of the stick tonight.