because hes a spineless coward just like the rest of our amateur refs. Theres a reason why RL is still parochical its the ineptitude of the officials and the amateur clowns like obese dave woods who are running the game (into the ground)

RL outside the heartlands is either entirely anonymous or a laughing stock. I was telling a client up here in the NE about the Stobart sponsorship debacle and he thought I was joking. They literally would have got better value if they had been given a bag of magic beans for title sponsorship rights, at least we could have harvested the ing beanstalk. Its so frustrating because we have great athletes, a fabulous product some great clubs and a rabid supporter base being let down by rank amateurs in red hall and in charge of officiating the games

i take it the "whinos" lost tonight

Rugby Gods?

For what it's worth, I thought the disallowed Leeds try should have been given. And I have to say the two phases leading up to it were as good as I've seen this year, unbelievable offloads and movement.

But there were more than a few ifs, buts and maybes in that match. Overall, a draw would definitely have been fair but I'm pleased to have edged it at the end - huge win for Wigan.

No, that was last week when Danny McGuire "broke" his ankle.

What if McGuire was tackled a yard short, a quick PTB and then Leeds score? He couldn't go back and check the previous play. Think that's the point. I'd keep the VR but get rid of the on-field ref sending it up as a try/no try, I've never liked the idea. You don't know if he's sending it up as 90% confident, 70% confident, 50% confident in his decision.

Firstly what a great game to watch. I wish we had more like it.

I thought the no try was a really tight call. I can see the argument both ways and I'm honestly not sure whether is was or not. I think the VR, after numerous looks wasn't sure either so went with the ref's call. Like others I can't understand, if Silverwood thought it was an obstruction why he didn't blow up for it.

The other one I don't understand is the Wigan knock on which led to a try. Why do VR sometimes get involved and sometimes don't. The on field ref is always going to make errors as they get one look in real time. There needs to be some consistency with when the VR gets involved. Whether that is only for tries, for tries and foul play or for all decisions when there is a stoppage. Frankly I don't care which one as long as it's consistent.

To add a bit of balance to this thread and to be fair a whole lot of forward passes particularly by Leeds were missed to, one led to a try so I suppose that evens up the Wigan knock on. I thought a draw would of been a fair result but a huge dumb play by Aiton gave Wigan the win.

Well even " the Expert " Mr Cummins confirmed the decision was correct and had to explain to the two Sky muppets the rule much to their disappointment

Stuart "defend the referee's decision" Cummings......not even worth listening to what he says.

I would have given the try, and the miss of the smith knock on was a bit of a shocker. However, champion sides need to win from those sorts of situations, Wire and Saints have shown how to play Wigan, dominate them in the forwards, then play off the back of it. Leeds just seemed to want to play a bit too much tonight.

I love the way Leeds play the game, they just needed to show the pies who was boss first.

this the 'expert' who said saints try last week was a knock on when it was knocked backwards? and a try was given.

I think the obstruction decision was harsh, but its definitely a matter of option, so if the VR disagrees, I can at least see why. For me though, no one was actually obstructed from accessing the ball carrier. Tomkins just made a bad read.

Aiton was unlucky, he looked like he was just trying to get out of the way rather than intentionally obstruct, but moved straight into the Wigan player. It marred what was an excellent personal performance.