Nah, the kind of thing that a referee can be excused for missing. I didn't even notice it until the replay.

It's funny how everyone is getting their knickers in a twist about sam and nothing mentioned about the behaviour of some of the leeds players at the end of the game when the whistle went. Yet again it shows how easily people onle see what they want to.

Must admit I'd turned it off by that point. What did they do?

It's not a 'Tomkins is good, we're all jealous, let's hate on Tomkins' issue and I wish people would stop trying to make out that it is everytime he showers himself in shame.

The classic Leeds thing of when losing, start a fight.

I thought Wigan absolutely dominated the opening 35 minutes with Leeds getting the better of us in the final five. The first twenty of the second half were even stevens IMO, with the final twenty just being edged by Leeds.

But the ability of Wigan to hang in there and grind out results, is there for all to see. Even when on the ropes and looking knackered were able to cling on for victory.

This is after the classic Wigan thing of flopping on a player when he’s tackled. Totally uncalled for.

The conduct post-hooter was poor. Almost always, however bad the calls, the two teams shake hands at the end of the game then one team whoop and holler and the other cry in their beer.

The handbags at full time did neither team, nor a fantastic game, justice.

Wigan are back - success breads jealousy

CLASSIC WIGAN.

It pains me as a Leyther to say it but Wigan were the best team , granted some of the refs decision were bollox and the game got a bit scrappy at times . And as for Sam Tomkins and his gesture , he showed them one more finger than I would have , so I say " Get in there young lad and show them boo boy pillocks you don't give a f@k " .

And as for laying on your talking out your ar$e !! , I watch a lot of the NRL and every tackle they take the full quota allowed , while our teams are tackled and up and playing it in half the time , so watch out how lying on is done legally every time on fleece the Northern folk Bonfire night scam .

It's enough to make you spit in your Lobby praising the pies

Classic Wigan, winning again.

Classic Leeds, poor losers.

Classic Bailey, thug. That about sums it up.

I suppose you could say:

Classic Tomkins acting a tool.

Many things happen during any game: flops, late tackles, verbals, handbags etc. Flashing the V's at the opposing fans, directly in front of the camera on National TV, in our top event (being viewed worldwide) is rather childish. We need all the support and sponsors we can get so hey lets give the nations biggest pro RU media channel a chance to show us in a poor light.

Poor judgement, deserves a fine/ban, and I would say the same if it had been a Leeds player like McGuire. I am a neutral.

Incidentally, fans can chant what they want (within the law) but players have a duty not to bring the game into disrepute.

It all seems like bad decisions that went against Leeds. What about Leeds second try! Ablett chucks the ball through his legs, didn't regain his feet and Leeds eventually scored in the corner! Wigan should have had a penalty on half way which would have gave us another great position to attack the Leeds line! At 16-4 half time Wigan have it won! Watch the replay and see for yourselves, Wigan when we have hit the front very rarely give away a lead! Maybe questions should be raised from the Leeds fans and players of how they only scored once between 40 and 60 mins when they chucked everything including the kitchen sink at Wigan.

I think you will find that Ablett was subject to interference as he wanted a quick play the ball could have been a penalty to Leeds but the ref let the play go on. Quite a lot of play the balls from Wigan and some from Leeds were illegal rolling the ball back and not actually placing the foot on top of the ball.

The reason Leeds didn,t score between 40 and 60 minutes, was because Wigan seemed to have had an invisible get out of jail card from the TJ's and Ref. This final will go down as one of the worst inept performances by officials in a final.

In saying the above, I still think Wigan would have won this game albeit in a different set of circumstances, instead of a hollow indignified one.

Wigan were the best team on the day and deserved to win even if they got a couple of dodgy calls. Had Leeds won it it would have been against the balance of play. I thought Leeds did well to 'rediscover' some rugby skills after being left at the starting gate, but they never really looked convincing. Unusualy inaccurate day with the boot by Sinfield also cost them.