Which would be fine, if the ball wasn't grounded 2" short of the line, and given a free ride by Ganson... Not even a "Benefit Of The Doubt" on it... Unlike Tommy Leuluai's clear cut try last week, which was given Benefit Of The Doubt...

Sam kicked the ball, barely even made contact with Clarke's arm and certainly didn't touch his head.

Anyway, I've said to the Mrs today, after the past few weeks there's a small part of me wants Sam to go to RU, make his millions and stick 2 fingers back up at the small-minded bandwagon-jumping morons who are doing their best to make his life hell. I certainly wouldn't blame him if he did go, in fact I'd wish him all the best and follow his career with interest.

Genuinely, honestly and truthfully, without your pie-shaped glasses on, can you even entertain the idea that young Tomkins brings some of this on himself?

The fact that so many of you have convinced yourselves that every single criticism that's levelled at this precociously talented young man is born out of jealousy, is nothing short of astounding; it's like a cult.

The ball was only short after it had been kicked by tomkins, the camera angles conclusively showed that clarke had placed the ball on the line prior to getting the kick. I don't think there was anything wrong in the tomkins kick as there was no malice in it, just trying to prevent a try and would hope any warrington player would have the nouse to do the same.

First of all, point out where I've said it's jealousy? Oh, you can't, because I haven't. So wind yer neck in.

Yes, he infuriated people with some niggly aspects of his play but he had in fact eliminated most of them this season (trapping arms, etc), and this was widely accepted. But still the hatred and abuse continued, including the England booing. Now there's 2 fairly minor incidents in a week and the lynch mobs are circling.

I watch him every home game at the DW. When he's lining up for kick-off he stands on the dead-ball line, obviously very close to the away supporters for half the game. Almost every time some well-'ard prick (or indeed a good few of them) decides he's the man who's gonna tell little Sam just what he thinks of him. And 99.9% of the time he ignores it.

The abuse he receives is ridiculous and getting worse. Why shouldn't he just say, "screw it. I don't need this." RU crowds certainly wouldn't treat anyone in that manner.

how can you tell when a planeload of Wigan fans has landed........you can still hear the whining after the engines have stopped.

newp, was clearly short when the ball carrying arm hit the floor... Of course, when clarke moved his arm forward a few inches... Double Movement... OOPSIE! Then there was the Microphone Head (what's his name) 'try' which he pushed Josh Charnley... of course Josh has the ability to change his direction in mid-air... Let's face it, Warrington won, and were the better team today, but the score-line is not a reflection on the actual running of the game.

Pot, Kettle, Black, methinks...



Edit: Anyway, it's our bloody board! We'll whine if we want to. If you don't like it, you know where the door is!

Just a little bit... Today has highlighted the real idiot Wire fans all over here and on Twitter, hopefully they will all be back in hiding within the next few weeks.

I'd prefer it if you, from a club who wouldn't count as a great rival at the moment, explains why he has brought this on himself.

It wasn't a trip, leg never made contact. It was a slap to the face and was rightfully penalised. Should probably have been sin binned near the end for persistent offside.

I don't think trying to kick Jon Clarke in the face is a minor incident to be honest pal. I understand about the booing and abuse is uncalled for. I think he could help himself though, I put a lot of it down to him being a winner and wanting to anything it takes to win, which is a good trait to have. I've said it before and I will say it again, the boy is the Ronaldo of rugby league.