Claiming Marshal was knocked unconscious, one of the many gems over on the Wigan forum.

No mention of Thewlis being kicked in the head and losing half a pint of blood and needing 13 stitches though from what I can see.

People need to watch the replay back he actually looked up to see where the ball had gone before he became *unconcious*

We are being a bit hypocritical here (Toby King etc). Marshall was kicked in the head, he failed his HIA. If the doctor had come on the pitch the game would have been stopped and the question of video ref/penalty would have been irrelevant. I guess it would have been a penalty as it was contact with the head, however accidental.

Can someone provide a link or evidence to back up the claim that any impact with the head is an automatic penalty.

Im "saddened" by the Wigan forum. Its almost as though its been infiltrated by Saints fans.

Not true.

The laws of the game state: A player is guilty of misconduct if he, when effecting or attempting to effect a tackle makes contact with the head or neck of an opponent intentionally, recklessly or carelessly.

This idea of ‘accidental contact with the head being a penalty’ is a myth.

Blake ferguson has just left the field in the eels/roosters game with a massive gash on his head after a defender accidentally caught him with his knee. I hope lam was watching as no penalty was given and it was simply play on.

The law isn’t expansive as far as I know meaning accidental isn’t a excuse.
The rule is that a kick, trip or strike is misconduct.
It’s whether the ref interpretation is that Charnley kicked Marshall or it was just contact through motion.

No because it isn't. Completely accidental acts are play on (Well, apart from a kick off/drop out going out on the full or not going 10, but even that you could argue is reckless unless the kicker fell over or something).

Back to the game . As i see it ,last ditch defence rescued us again last night & if our defence had cottoned on sooner to Wigan's overloaded left side attack maybe they wouldn't have scored their 8 points.

With Akauola playing on our wing, I was surprised that Wigan didn`t focus on creating an overlap to get Bibby outside him.

It happened once, that I can recall.

They had early success on our right side edge, and seemed obsessed with that side instead of switching to our left, where Akauola would have been exposed.

I enjoyed last nights game (from my sofa). Yes we were rusty but it was a contest and end to end. Rock solid defence for the most part and a win. Some of the refs decisions baffled me. I would’ve gone to the screen to check Mamo’s try, I have no idea why Cooper was penalise (per Sky “standing too close”!) or why Mamo got binned and how he chose which Wigan player to follow him.
Wigan look far too young, and lightweight in the pack and their woes stem from that in my view. KPP looks a real prospect for them though.
D Clark clearly MoM, King still looks a bit off the pace to me.
Why Wigan didn’t pepper Akouala all night is a bit of a mystery!

Pleased to note that our victory has caused consternation on Redvee, us having added Hicks to our salary cap cheating.
To be fair they are a divided camp. Those that are just happy with the boring but winning rugby v those who want to be entertained.