Wow. I'm genuinely shocked at this.

It should have been a straight Red card.. i am puzzled why so many thought he had a good game , i thought he looked slow,cumbersome and i can't remember him breaking a tackle ..i may be wrong but that's my opinion

Not watched it back but at the time it seemed ridiculously late and I was surprised to just see it go on report. It wasn't even slightly late. Idiotic challenge.

I got the same sort of reaction when giving my opinion on the Flower challenge but got it spot on. I think Bowen will face a one match man and get off on an early guilty plea.

Edit: Forget that. Early guilty plea gets you the minimum punishment doesn't it? So that would be a 1 game ban.

me to I hope it was just him settling in.

Pieman , i hope you're right , i'm sure he will get better once he settles , but losing Sam was a big blow

Maybe I'm just being optimistic. I'll watch the incident again on Wigan TV later. I certainly hope Bowen isn't out of the WCC as we're really going to need him.

If that was an opposition player most of us would have been screaming for Red card, so it would be hypocritical to try defend him. I'm glad the concensus seems to agree that, 2 games imo.

and i agree..slow, cumbersome, lets hope he improves.

Love how YG has come to the board expecting to see us all jumping to Bowens defence... Sorry to disappoint you buddy.....

It was a shocker, I was very suprised he didn't get a red card. If he had got a red I may have held more hope for him making the WCC, as it is I think he'll miss it. Big opportunity for Hampshire though!

Not seen it on TV yet but looked a bad one live a 2-3 game ban for me.

On the flip side seen worse punished with less

I think he'll get a one or two match ban but it shouldn't stop him playing in the WCC.
When we arrived Brisbane in 1994 Andrew Gee was in the middle of an eight match ban. The Broncos appealed saying it was an (then) ARL ban and the whole ban should apply to league games.
They won their appeal and Gee played against Wigan in the 1994 WCC.
He served the remainder of his ban in the ARL League games.
Whatever the disciplinary outcome Bowen should be allowed to play in the WCC game based on the precedent set in 1994.

Nothing wrong with it at all, happy now?

It was late and a bit reckless for sure, but not a red for me. Credit to Grix for not milking it.
From a disciplinary pov, just compare it to the Westwood assault on Blake Green in the GF?
And we all know what he got for that one.
Be very surprised if its more than one game.