Always disliked Wire since the 2009 CC semi at Widnes.

Coming off the train there was fighting all the way down into the town, and then again afterwards them going way beyond banter winding us up about the result.

Yes I was about to say this. At Nou Camp we sat amongst them rather than with the Wigan fans and there were attempts to provoke. There was plenty of pushing and shoving and general edness around the bars too which I just put down to them being French



That said it doesn’t excuse any fans resorting to violence, it’s much easier to just walk away or report it to stewards/police/club officials.

have to laugh at some of the comments on here about beating up kids in wheelchairs etc, have you been watching The Football factory.

we are all glad you find it funny, which person said kids in wheelchairs?

No, but I have just been reading your board. I've never seen such claptrap as some of the posts on there. I wasn't intending commenting, preferring to take the view that it's better left to the judiciary and any ongoing investigations. However, the level of blame apportioning on your board is utterly ridiculous. Wigan, who weren't even playing, have come in for more criticism from some than your own club, team or fans!

Strange that the referee is getting the blame. Because of the production you could clearly hear the referee talking to the players all through the game, it's hardly his fault that they took no notice is it?

He sent two players to the sin bin early on, which should have been a warning to the players to calm down. McIlorum can feel very hard done by in that instance, he was merely trying to pull Hill away from the Catalan player.

It truly must be the end times when. Rogues is speaking the most sense.

Everything is the fault of ref, dirty cheating cat players or Wigan. Wire were doing everything to slow the game down the doctor seemed to show up when they needed him to interrupt Cats. Wire were warned for 5 high shots in second half the ref called them for it. They played the spoiling tactics like their opponent

The club and fans should be calling out the fans for their behaviour. Reading some comments the fans are a cross between the UN peace keepers and mother thereasa 'for God's sake think of the children'.i can't believe that Ratchford was trying to go and thank the fans.

hmmm, coach blames ref to take blame away from fans/players .... somehow i dont think the RFL will be conned by that. big fines to come

fev got a £10k fine only 2 days ago for crowd trouble

£10k is pocket change to Simon Moran. I'm not sure what the answer is but a fine will have no impact whatsoever.

Some poor posts on this thread.

Brandishing Warrington supporters as "scum" and bringing up anecdotal stories from 1995 and 2009 contribute nothing to the debate.

Warrington are a family club - same as all other RL clubs. They have a minority of idiots - as do we. We all have to work together to oust them from the sport. Those weren't people in the stands "protecting their families". If there was a punch up around my pregnant Mrs I wouldn't be scaling a stand and throwing punches to "protect my family". You get your family away from the fracas immediately. Catalans, Warrington and the RFL should take a zero tolerance approach and set the example...

Which leads me on to my next point. The players have got to take responsibility for their actions and the affect it can have on the terraces. Nothing justifies the scenes we saw. BUT they have to start working with the referee instead of constantly whinging, complaining and acting utterly petulant on the field. Our lads have been guilty of it too. Chris Hill wants to rethink his approach as a captain. I thought his temperament was terrible and it set the tone. He lost control. Work with the referee. Get your players away and have a word with them when things get too heated. Same for Catalans.

Internally I hope someone pulls Kenny Edward's aside. He ran in at the end looking to just throw a punch and appeared to goade the supporters in the stands. I think it was Remi Casty who was quite rightly raging pulling him away. It wasn't 100% clear from the footage on Sky but if he was goading supporters I would hand out a ban/fine. Unacceptable.

In fairness to the rest of the players - they all tried to calm it down and just end the game. I would like to think there is a rule or an exception to be made where in that rare scenario at the end of a game should it happen again, the referee can put it on report and just end the match. Clap the fans and get off the field.