Yep, fair enough, watched it again. I hadn't even looked for that, just assumed it had hit a Leeds player and Richards was the one penalised. Scratch that moan!!

I stopped reading at this point.

Agree about the first shot being instinctive as he lined Tomkins up only for Tomkins to step him. But Peacock then turns round and swins another arm at him. Should have been given 10 considering what Farrell went for.

On another note, I thought Peacock was outstanding today (apart from the above). Possibly the best forward on the pitch.

One could argue that had peacock not bought tomkins down head first he would have scored a try.

One could also say that however accidental seniors kick to joel tomkins head was, he was still kicking out in the tackle and still caught him, perhaps he shouldnt of been kicking out as pointed out by the commentary team. A player can show his urgency to get to his feet without doing the kan kan. in my opinion a needless and reckless action by senior - no surprise there though!

On friday night wakefield travel to leeds and should a wakefield player ground say danny mcguire in the same situation as peacock on tomkins, the wakefield player will, more than likely, go for a minimum of 10 minutes and may even get sent off after the referee consults the south stand and kevin sinfield.

likewise, should a wakefield player split a leeds players head wide open whilst kicking out in a tackle, albeit accidental, he will be more than likely put on report and found guilty of some sort of reckless actions and recieve a ban along with a 10 minute spell on the sidelines.

Get over yourself you big baby

The Farrell "chargedown" was one of those clear cases of the player going in with the sole intention of getting a shot on the kicker at the time the ball is kicked. A worthy tactic, it's important to put those kickers off their game, but the player has to be aware of the penalty for being late.

it was unlikely he could card a Leeds player for foul play after he did not card the Wigan player for a spear tackle
you misunderstand "consulting the captain and the south stand" with the referee watching the big screen as he has missed another incident

I think the Farrel incident was an over reaction as he could not stop once he had jumped, but I understand that the coaches wanted to stop players jumping into the kickers or shoulder charging maybe if he had just tackled him he would have stayed on. The ref is only following his instructions to protect the kicker from injury. As for some of the refs calls, as a neutral it was a good game but any more whistle would have spoiled it, there is a fine line between penalising every offence like Union or trying to keep the game moving as we would like it to be. Would we want a penalty at every play the ball?

Don't jump into the kicker then, simple.

Jason Hooper made a living out of it.

And he would spend a lot of time in the bin in 2010.

As Farrell clearly didn't get anywhere near a charge down (he came from the side and the ball was kicked without hitting him, both indicating this) then his leap through the air was for what exact purpose? When in a game would leaping high through the air with your arms down at a player not result in a high dangerous contact? Clearly a penalty....

Why doesn't Lee Briers get penalised for taking the GLDO 1 metre forward from where he should??

Why do you HAVE to use your arms to charge the ball down? Using your body is just as effective.

If the ball hits Farrell but he continues his path and hits Maguire in the same way would this still be classed as a late hit ?

If not could someone explain the difference.