Possibly different rules. Not sure whether he was knocked out to be honest though clearly very unsteady afterwards. Yeah as a non-expert I didn't think he should have been allowed to return after that.

the way he went down I think he was knocked out briefly as he tensed up and didnt move from that motion for a second

Seeing as the club twitter announced he had failed an HIA and wouldn't be back, it would be interesting to see a report of what happened

If they have put him back on with any issues then they need to be made an example of by the RFL/SL.

I worry about the clubs in general with incidents like this when it comes to 30/40 years down the track and players are suffering the after effects of incidents like that last night. I thought the game had really cleaned up it’s act regarding head injuries but then you see that and it’s a dreadful look.

Failed head tests, passed head tests, whatever his result may have been, I have not seen a player in that bad a shape being allowed back on the field of play in a few years now. It felt like a throwback to something Michael Maguire would’ve done, telling players to get back out there at almost any costs.

Their reply to him coming back on was "LMS is a superhero"

No explanation that he had actually passed and they got it wrong, they just made a joke about it.

I'm not sure he is that influential of a player that it had any say in the matter on the field, but it took away the threat of saints having 1 sub left

Wigan will win next week.

And made a point of saying saints are the 2nd best side in the comp

Haha. I really enjoyed that. It seemed to be a direct reference to Carney saying Saints were the best despite finishing 2nd and not beating either of their top 3 rivals all season (unless you count the kids). Even as we received the trophy he got a "brilliant Saints" into his commentary.

Anyway, on a completely unrelated topic, does anyone fancy a Frankie and Benny's?

I’ve just done it again and my head hurts. A planned two minute skim read of Redvee was abandoned after 30 seconds when clicking in to the ‘Grand Final Protocols’ thread. These guys are like those conspiracy theorists who believe any covid vaccine will be used to insert a micro chip and track people’s movements but their paranoia is based around Wigan and how we get away with everything.

Jeez I hope we beat them on Friday and if it’s in controversial fashion then all the better.

and they're all having a pop at MacNamara for his post match comments, according to those sages over there Maloney should've had a straight red and not a sin bin, needless to say none of them spotted Walmsley's swinging arm tackle in the first few minutes, like you said Nicky, if we win via the worst video ref decision in the history of the sport I'll die happy

To be fair that post is pretty funny and only partly true

maloneys should have been red for me

Jesus Christ! I've just seen it. What an absolute embarrassment. Someone's actually posted "clever" to it. The wit of a 5 year old passes as clever in St Helens now, does it?

And then we have the very wonderful Ralph Fridge whose contribution seems to be protecting the Redvee faithful from any Joel Tompkins one fingered assaults by ramming his tongue so firmly up everyone's a*se that poor Joel couldn't even get a finger nail in there. If I see one more "I agree" or "great post" from him on yet another "Saints are wonderful and everything about Wigan is crap" post I swear I'll physically vomit. His latest wisdom is that Angry Dave and Webbo are 'celebrities' on this board because they've 'gotten under our skin' rather than because we think their infantile rants are hilarious! I guess it doesn't take much to be a 'celebrity' over the lump. Even being a figure of fun is a massive achievement.

There you go Ralph; you're a celebrity too now. Poor sod.