The end result of the tackle looked worse as unfortunately Clarkson fell awkwardly/the wrong way. There are several/numerous 3 man tackles carried out by most teams in most games - it's called effective defence - 2 upstairs and 1 down below to stop the legs and get the player onto the ground. Lima and others had already made such tackles in the game and there was no problem - neither was there with Clarkson. It just looked a lot worse because of the way he fell and then half the Leeds team came running and shouting. Neither Silverwood nor the touch judge had deemed it to be a dirty tackle before this.

The bottom line is Clarkson wasn't injured - so it couldn't have been that "dirty" a tackle! Unlike poor Dureau against Carvell......

There was a very similar tackle in the Wire game. Micky Mac came in and clamped the legs, Briers came running in complaining to try and get a penalty, which caused the comotion going off the pitch at half time. No penalty was given and the match review panel had no problem with it either

Lee Briers in 'trying any trick in the book, no matter how underhanded' shocker.

The bottom line is Clarkson wasn't injured - so it couldn't have been that "dirty" a tackle! Unlike poor Dureau against Carvell......'"

Maybe more luck - or maybe not a bad/dirty tackle. Surely whether a player gets badly injured or not should have some bearing on any punishment/suspension. Hence swinging arms that often go unpunished because they totally miss - they may be pinged and penalised in the game but the player won't get cited/suspended for this.

I think its time for Maguire and Lenaghan to start complaining to the media about what is going on with the disciplinary panel. Its obviously bent. Look at the Hull game i believe they said Radford had a good record when he had been sent off las season. If Carvell was as bad as what is been said then how the hell do they get away with it.

Maybe its a levelling the sides out a bit, after all weve mastered the salary cap now they need to bring us to their level by banning some of our best players. After all we win the game in hand were level with Wire and Giants and weve been crap in a few games.

Agree totally - it's a sort of handicapping system, so that the other teams have a chance ( a la horse racing!)............

Its not Wigans style to complain in the media

No but they need to put pressure on the panel to be fair. Keeping quiet is not working and were getting hammered by it.

not to many careers ended by a swing arm and yes you could be right about punishment but the technique he uses to tackle does need looking at or next time it could be someones career ended

Somebody asked about Shenton last week.

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Sinbin Sufficent.

A precedence has been set.

Apparently Wigan have been defending like that all last season, I dont recall anyone getting injured. Though unfortunatley at times injuries in rugby league will occur, its the nature of the game. If some one is trying to pull you to the ground while some one else has hold of your legs, it is possible injuries will happen, it doesnt make it illegal.

Apparently Catalans hooker Ian Henderson is up on the same charge as Lima

Nope.