nowt wrong with the red for Ah van. a high shot on his opponents cheekbone leaving him ruled out for the rest of the game....if that was on Joel (or Matty Russell?) you'd all be spitting chunks....

the hit on Brown was stone cold fair it was his silly decision to attempt a dummy that resulted in him stopping and getting the full force of the wigan man.

45 minutes game over,Apemans tactics,take play maker out brown,offside at play the ball, all the half ,Widnes players with claret around face ,high tackles?.Player sent off for Widnes,bloody awful ref. Apeman well pleased. Christ nothing changes.

Hanbury is a top player

Pies are getting all the calls.

Well I must say I doubt our troops will be feeling any nerves about facing Wigan.

I hate widnes like any sane person but this has been a joke from the first whistle for this ref, what a rubbish advertisement for the game

This is just awful from the ref.

Gelling, Farrell, O'Lie-on not clearing the ruck on a number of occasions...the red card should have been a yellow...the high shot on Mellor's kick not called...the tackle in the air...then all the calls against Widnes.

And it's not like I want Widnes to win.

Spot on

I feel dirty shouting for Widnes, they need all the help they can get though

I thought Charnley was off.
Stevo said he was drawn out off his wing!?

Lying on in the tackle ,arms round the face ,with Wane nothing changes. Childs an absolute joke. Wigan are are a disgrace ,great example to youngsters.

Widnes have been doing plenty of lying on themselves.

However, all the 50/50 and dubious calls are going Wigans way.

Yes.
come on Widnes.
I'll take a draw.

Wigan are showing their true colours

Child..................just wtf

I don't believe that.
2 fouls from pies.
Nowt done about it.

feckin el!
loving the apeman's face

Child is having a MARE

Pure scum team Wigan and child is just a joke

That is a marker.

The pies are definitely nothing this season.

How can a blatant kick on an unsuspecting player (back turned to the kicker) only be deemed as a yellow card.

I think I'll have to go asking the world's great minds (Hawking, Cox, Emeritus Professors at Oxford......don't think I'll bother with Red Hall, tho)

The only other alternative is Widnes are serious title contenders, so we all know which is the most likely!

Embarressing, hope that is not the standard of refereeing this season.

Do you think that Joel Tomkins would have tried that on with a certain Mr Simms?

Nothing changes ,if Wigan can't win normally ,then the dark arts start as seen tonight.

Catalans play to the limit ,but Wigan under Apeman are something else.