We seemed to be panicing and thus making mistakes. Guess that happens when you have as little ball as we did.

Where is this so called “momentum rule” is it in the rule book? Don’t listen to that Dewsbury dew-drop Stevo; he sees things no one else does. He also says things like, a kicked ball can dissect the winger and fullback; DISSECTED, does he mean BISECTED? I thought when you dissected something you cut something up, like a dead body. If he’s right there must have been a lot more blood than usual on the pitch. He said a player couldn’t forward pass to himself! Well if that’s true they must have been playing gridiron.

The momentum rule may apply if a pass is less than a yard forward, but Hodgson's pass was at least 3/4 yards forward - the 20 metre line shows this. Hodgson was well behind the line when he passed and Monaghan was a few yards (at least!) in front of the line when he caught the ball.

I suggest you study the law of physics. The only way a pass can truly go backwards is when standing still. The ball will travel on the same trajectory as that of the passer.

It will yes, but not by that far.

Can you provide the calculations to your finding?

Yes. Watch the game and look at the pass. Alternatively, read the match report on the BBC website.

yes and we all know how good the beeb is towards rugby league lol

Here it is (albeit that the game is goverened by laws, not rules)

passed the ball forward in relation to himself. This is particularly noticeable when a running player makes a high, lobbed pass.

It doesn't matter if the ball travels forward. It matters if it was passed forward. You might not like it, it may fry your brain, but it's a fact. Now, chances are, if the ball travels forwards the ball was passed forward but it's not a pre-requisite.

It was passed forward

I agree, it was a forward pass. It was passed forward and it travelled forward.

My post was helping pies-r-us to understand the laws of the game. He did ask to be fair.

The forward pass is irrelevant , Warrington were by far the better team . We never looked like winning that game

I don't see how anyone can blame the ref yesterday. Clutching at straws. Wigan were out played and beaten in every single department. Blaming the ref is quite frankly embarrassing. The score and the responsibility of the performance lies with the team and the coach. In all fairness I think the scoreline flattered Wigan.

And yes I do feel the attack has become predictable, why do you think Sam was kept so quiet? It's almost null Sam, null Wigan.

Don't think anyone is blaming the ref. I'm certainly not.

Some comments seemed more focused on forward passes etc... but yes I know you're not. my comment wasn't aimed at you.