Winds me up something rotten this. Physical dissent is worse than verbal dissent as it encourages the crowd to get on the official's backs as well. The officials can't really punish it either as you can't reverse a penalty, and it isn't currently deemed to be enough for a bin. Having said that, I would be in support of them ruling that holding up the imaginary card is an automatic bin. It would wipe it out more or less overnight.

never in a month of sundays was that a binning - only did it to 'even up', them having JSL binned 2 mins before for a head shot.
Ref was playing to the home crowd

If a Wigan player had been tackled like that, you'd be screaming for a card. We all know how this works. Third man in tackles cannot be below the knee with force, especially if trying to bend the calf in an unnatural position. Below the knee is only OK if it's done 'gently'. As it often is, Sam Powell does this plenty of times during a game.

Watch it again, It doesn't look good.

The penalty/binning isn’t an issue IMO but I do have a problem with the fact it wouldn’t have been given had Massey not pretended he was injured. He knew if he bided his time it would be given because the video ref was there and he was right.

Yes, I don't disagree at all. I shudder to think what will happen when SL players catch on the current NRL trait of players feeling the back of their neck after every tackle in the hope (often successful) of getting a crusher tackle penalty.

To a lesser extent it’s here already, although it doesn’t seem as bad this season as it did when Smithies got his ridiculous ban last season.

We have already been there and done that. Connor was a regular for it. That's why they changed the rules so the video ref could only come in with input when recommending a card, rather than just a penalty as he could in the past.

The Byrne binning was correct,play acting in that case was a little harsh to call it that he shouldn’t have done,they seem to be cracking down on that type of tackle the clubs and players should know this surely?

As for the Coote “injury” at the derby it still makes me chuckle now I thought he’d been hit by an elephant gun he went down so badly

Is play acting surprising with the way that players are being penalised for any petty offence as a result of the rules which has made the game soft!

Penalties and citing's galore every week with only the odd player or so actually committing any real offence

You really are deluded.. All 99% of fans saw in the derby was once again Wigan resorting to thuggery because they couldn't match a far superior team in regards to playing Rugby!!

Thanks. I think.

Now who's deluded ?
Hands up your defence is miles better than ours but going forward you're as horrible and predictable to watch as we are, you've fallen so far from what Holbrook had you playing it's mind boggling considering it's more or less the same team.

I'm just glad players like Sonny Nickle never had to resort to thuggery.

Saints are pushing the boundaries at the minute regards sporting integrity. Add the play acting and wind up merchant tactics of soft cocks like Bentley and LMS to the decision to ban players playing in the All Star fixture and choosing to have two weeks off after the cup final and it’s been a sorry season for the reputation of your club IMO. You may think I’m on the wind up but I genuinely admire Saints as a club and like Wigan, it’s a proper rugby club with a huge history but Woolf seems the type who will do literally anything to win.

Wow. Your head is in the bin lately. You've gone from a well respected poster to an absolute cry baby.

"A sorry season for the reputation of your club." Why? Because someone is crying about us on the internet? Look around you, literally nobody else is talking about it bar you. Dry your eyes mate.