Clarke was referring to the irony of the situation and it was ironic. He never at any stage even suggested that DM deserved the injury.

it was a classless remark, a pretty horrible idea, and was used by some people to say some pretty awful things.

The game didnt need it, the game was better than it, and it went against everything the game was about. The game doesnt need people like that.

For some reason McGuire was wound up & gave away some silly pens, against a top team Leeds would have been punished.

Agreed. Same goes for Peacock.

You have got to be joking.L'Estrange is frightened of his own shadow on the evidence I've seen.

We don't have one, how could we a humble village community share in the same light of academia that spews forth from that metropolis of learning and reason that is Leeds. Hell boy we spends most of our time being anti-semitic small town luddites.

We's also only has one good eye a piece which makes the darn thing look like an attempted eye gouge when a proper two eyed gent like your good self can clearly see it wasn't. My most humblest apologies.

I so wish I was like you, boss.

(he won't get it)

Clarke's rugby gods comment was a disgrace if it was football he would have never commentated again and rightly so.

Clarke's rugby gods comment was a disgrace if it was football he would have never commentated again and rightly so.

Correct.

Still makes me laugh, Leeds fans all huffily precious and self-righteous about that McGuire injury and the subsequent reaction. If he hadn't illegally dragged Carmont down off the ball, he wouldn't have suffered the injury. He caused it, no-one else, and he caused it through an illegal act at a crucial moment one might deem cheating.

I won't say he deserved the injury but I'm certainly not going to feel much sympathy for someone who brings an injury on themselves in that manner. Make of that what you will but seriously, get the f*ck over it and stop whingeing.

I was there that night, sat right over the incident in question. The atmosphere was explosive, the stakes were high and it was as tense a game as I can remember. When Wigan made that break at the end not only did McGuire pull down Carmont illegally, Richards was tackled after he kicked on, also illegally. If Carmont had still been in support the result Richards could have passed inside for the match-winning try. Those events in that context - are you surprised some Wigan fans went a little mental?

As for McGuire in general, great player but he has a real grub side to his game that isn't often acknowledged but it showed on Friday. He's such a talented player he doesn't need it and it lets him down.

I saved a few in mine!

Illegal play goes on in every game - didn't see many Wigan fans complaining when the likes of Lima used the cannonball to deliberately injure fellow professionals - yet McGuire was seen as some villain - typical Wigan fans.

Didn't see you up in arms when you beat Leeds in CC final through two blatant reefing errors, but you complained plenty in the semi when the decisions went the other way!!