Even better from swift.

Quinlan never committed to tackling Williams or backing off to give the cover time to catch him.

Makes you long for Wellens.

Thought he had a lot of justification for his appeals to the ref last night. Wigan remind me a lot of the Argentina team in the 1966 World Cup.

Wilkin couldn't understand the new ruling where if a wigan player knocks on and flaps there arms they can get a penalty reward, happened twice in the game, luckily only cost saints 2 points. Think he was moaning a lot about the offsides, especially the tap start on the 25 metre line by speed merchant Swift, he only managed 3 metres, when the wigan (faster than Swift) forwards travelled 7 metres to tackle him.

This derby game needed a strong referee, Hicks messed up a lot things last night for both sides which frustrates some players more than others.

Can anyone tell me how many players have actually got airborne after flapping their arm?

It seems to me more impotant that playing the game at the moment.

Greg Bird?

Actual lol

Just when did adding the unnecessary s become a thing?

Think it started back when Rob Burrows started playing

I thought Hicks did pretty well last night. It's the biggest game he's ever refereed (according to Cummins in the commentary). Obviously there were mistakes but overall he did well IMO.

The only big call he got wrong was the forward pass. Live I thought it was forward too, it was only after a couple of replays I decided it was probably momentum and the wrong call, the red doesn't have the benefit of that.

I agree, don't think the ref did too much wrong. The forward pass was a tough decision because the ball clearly travelled forward relative to the ground which means he had to make a snap decision about whether the forward movement was due to momentum. Obviously the closeness of the game and the potential outcome of that call magnified its importance.

..................and Childs reffing.

It was almost a textbook example of what's come to be known as "the momentum rule". Being 90 degrees on to the camera means it could be used in all future momentum threads on RLFans to demonstrate the concept.

Shame Hicks got that call wrong, because I thought he mostly had a very good game. But I agree that it's a tough one at full speed after 70 minutes of a game like that, and ultimately it didn't affect the result, so no harm done.