I agree absolutely with 'Anozira', 'Johnkendal' and 'comeonyouWolves'. Nothing as bad as this, but all season Wigan have gone out to rough up the opposition and take it close to the illegal. Very clear in the games against Leeds and you could say it worked. Of course it's a tough game but if you go too far it can take away some of the skill and perhaps it's no surprise that something like this happens eventually. Perhaps a part of the blame should fall on shoulders other than that of the player himself.

I have also wondered for some time why yellow cards are not used more often. If they were such an approach might not seem quite so attractive.

+1. I'll be surprised if charges are bought.
I think it is more of the police showing a profile, being in seen as in a position to act as a warning to others in amateur level not to think that it won't be acted upon.

what does a grade f carry..is it a long ban..???

8 matches

Where I work there are about 70 staff and three of us are RL fans. Usually there'd be very little talk of RL week-to-week, yet today there was loads. I reckon twenty people must have commented on it to me today.

"Nice" to see the Beeb didn't let me down.
48 hours after the event, and it's lead item on the 4 p.m. sports news on Radio 2, and top item on on their internet site. Had we or Wigan or Leeds signed someone like Cameron Smith or Billy Slater, do we think that would afford such lofty publicity? Not a chance. It might have got the last mention, after breaking news of Rooney's latest hair transplant and another inspirational press conference from Andy Murray.

The Beeb really don't like our sport.

Surely Wayne has a case to answer for the video in which he is giving a half time pep talk to his players and urging them to knock opponents out ? I've only just seen the video and it's a damning indictment of his tactics....He should be up before the beak as well as his thug.

F for Flower F for F grade charge Min 8 matches www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/o ... -st-helens

F for Flower F for F grade charge Min 8 matches www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/o ... -st-helens

I've had a few
"Oh you like rugby league don't you, did you see the guy that punched the other guy" type conversations today.

Daily Mash even did an article

rlhttp://www.thedailymash.co.uk/sport/sport-headlines/rugby-union-afraid-of-rugby-league-2014101391646rl

I'd ban him for a year, the two things I hate about Wigabs tactics are the 4th man in attacking the standing leg, and the very late shots.

I wonder how this would have been treated if it had happened at the start of a State of Origin match.

The commentators would have been loving it "ooooh look at that, right on his melon!" and there would have been a 2 minute all in brawl, it would have had 500,000 views on youtube by the end of the day and would go down in legend as one of the all time great biffs and further evidence as to what State against State means.

It somehow seems fairly pointless to give him a hefty ban. He (probably) cost his side a GF win, and since any ban will be for next season, allowing Wigan 4 months to plan for his absence, the impact will be minimal.

Ok what he did was disgraceful and cannot be condoned, but I can't see how anybody benefits, or is really penalised, by a ban which will commence next season.

Agree with this, the whole talk was cringeworthy and no coach should be telling their players to go knock the f*** out of someone!