It was a shocker mate! It was late, high and intentional.

Fair enough if it was a high shot in attempt to do a tough legal tackle but that was t the case with that shot.

No I have to disagree here.

It was a late, pre-meditated challenge to the head. It deserved a red.

Rules are there to enable a game of rugby to take place. Without them the game is pointless.

I could very easily get 13 "players" on the field who be perfectly able to hand the entire Wigan team their a*ses on a plate in about 2 mins. Hopeless rugby players mind, and not a great spectacle for the crowd.

It's a late shot in a derby game! I'm sick to death of the over sanitisation of RL. Everyone talks and raves about State of Origin and how it's the pinnacle of our game but the second anyone shows anything remotely physical there's an out cry over it.

Child was shocking tonight and the ovation he got at the end shows I'm not alone in thinking that. He had a very poor judgment when it came to game changing moments like a few forward passes or piggy backing Saints up the pitch.

Didn't seem that bad from what I saw on the big screen - will look at the recording tomorrow for a better look. I always listen to radio commentary at the game and GMR's commentary team were convinced that Child had lost the plot and that it deserved a yellow at worst. Did anyone else listen to GMR at the end of the game - I was talking to the bloke next to me so missed what was being said but apparently they must have spoken to Finchy as he came off the pitch and wondered what he said cos all I heard was Jack Dearden saying 'well he doesn't care as he's going back to Australia' sounded like Finchy wasn;t too happy about Micky Mac being sent off though

No it wasn't. It was correct & fair.

This. Really hard to comment when you haven't seen it back.

Based on what I saw at the game; it seemed like a late swinging arm that didn't really connect but was aimed high. Red though? It felt like a sin bin would have been enough.

But simply it wasn't.

It was no worse than Perrys forearm to Lima on the floor.

It ruined the game simple as that. £40 + quid down the drain AGAIN due to the man in the middle

Oh yeah, even disregarding the big decision he was very very poor, don't know how anyone can praise him.

Virtually every tackle was offside (both Wigan and Saints) and he only gave about one penalty for it all game (excluding the one for not square).

It could have ruined someones season or career, we can't allow shots like that to go unpunished mate.

Perry did fall on With arm but did pull out and it was a pen. If you send perry off for that then players will go every week.

Just take it in the chin, it was a sending off without a doubt.

I not sure if it was him who decided to red card him or not but he got what he deserved. He let all our team down and possibly cost us the match.
He was lucky only a few tackles earlier when he flew out the line and missed with a swinging arm.

Over the last few weeks he has become a liability with his stupid antics and maybe a few weeks on the sidelines will give him time to rethink.

The rest of the team tried their best to cover for a down but it was going to work. You could on several occassions where a man short was obvious in attack.

It may work in our favour in the playoffs as we can move Tommy to hooker.

He went in to hit him hard and ended up being a slight bit late. The initial contact wasnt with the head so it was a sin bin at most imo.

Another point is that it wouldnt of even been a penalty if the game wasnt televised. Only with Ganson chirping to Child and all the slo mo making it look worse has it resulted in a red card imo.

It simply wasn't.

I'm happy the head coach of WRLFC agrees with me and isn't a soft ar$e like you.

Perry was just as bad but strange how when its a Saints player it suddenly becomes part of the game?

RL needs to seriously evaluate the direction it's heading in.

I think it was a shocker and find Wanes comments hard to read.

Just my opinion.

Absolutely no doubt it was a red.

Child is a waste of space, and constantly gets decisions wrong to a baffling level of sheer stupidity, but he was right to send him off.

Whilst I do believe that RL has been over sanitised over the last couple of years, if we look at an other decision this year, it follows logic.

Chris Hill was yellowed for a tackle that was late, not massively but late. At this time loads on RL fans said any late challenge on a kicker that gets pulled up is an auto yellow. I'm not sure of the wording of the rules but I took this as true.

Futher to this, we've had two shoulder charges red carded due to contact to the head. Something I also dont agree with.

With this in mind, Mickey Mac was late, was high, and meant what he did with a clear swing in his arm. If it was me making the decision a yellow, however, lesser fouls have been punnished with yellows and above, so I think the decision is consistent with how the game has been reffed this year.

Maybe not the way I would ref the game, but the sport is trying to rule this stuff out.

And in case it gets raised, the way I like the game wouldn't have seen Wood go in the CC final, but by the rules he should have at least taken a 10 minute break