Can't agree with you - dislike Saints as much as any Wigan fan, but can remain objective in my assessment of players and Cunningham has been an extremely good player for more than a decade.

One of the major reasons why Saints have been so successful in the SL era.

Have nothing but respect for him as a player - just wish he didn't wear the red vee.

Very sad.l

I agree

And a fair comment from your good self about a player that doesn't play for Saints

That isn’t the basis of a great RL player imo due to the fact that SL isn’t as good of a standard as what people say it is.

Cunningham has never won the MOS award. He’s never done the business for GB EVER. He’s faked injury as well as brought our great game in disrepute but yet some Saints fans call him a ‘legend of the game’ on par with the likes of Hanley and Boston.

He's a good if not very good SL player but yet the likes of Lowes and Withers also were but in the likes of a Darren Lockeyer, Farrell, Jones, Mal Meninga, Buderus, Dayley & Sterling he’s not even close to the top tier of RL's great players

Cunningham has always been a niggling player, never throws a punch but sucks the opposition in with sly digs and little rough plays in the tackle.

Regards Tomkins, what did he do wrong?

Hit a man in the tackle who the ref had not called held?

Nothing wrong with the challenge at all, it was not a cheap shot it was a pro player making a play for his team to complete the tackle.

I think its fair to say that he is a St. Helens legend and in my view given the names of the Saints players that have won the MOS (and in some cases shouldn't have), I think it is a travesty that Cunningham has not been rewarded over that period. Especially since its seems to have been a given that a Saints player gets it every year regardless. In my view its because he has been so consistently good over the years, that he hasn't been singled out for the award - other players that have more peaks and troughs of form become more lauded by the media (i.e, Roby).

I'm getting a bit tired of defending a Saints player on here, but feel objectivity is a must - for Cunninghams real value as a player - look what year he made his debut, then look at Saints upturn in fortunes and period of sustained success. He is the common denominator in all those teams and it is stupidity to claim he is anything but a domestic RL great.

- 10 credibility.

Just watched the replay of the incident and the ref never called held.

He blew the whisltle and shouted turnover when Tomkins brought Cunningham to the ground with a totally legal tackle.

Not a clue what Cunninghams problem was at all

well he does never throw a punch and is always putting in sly digs, so not sure what your point is.

Why not put together a valid response and gain a modicum of credibility.

Or even better watch the lad when he is in the oppositions ear, giving a sly facial or as i have seen on giving them a sly "grope".

If your eye is not educated enough to see it fair enough i guess.

I like Cunningham tbh and think he plays the game mainly in an honest way but i didn't have a clue what his problem was with that incident.

It got blown out of all proportion because of who he is.

What's he getting his 'sly digs' in with - his 12 inch schlong?

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Cunningham might not have liked it, but he didnt end up with a fractured eye socket so all is well really.

I think it was due to the fact that Cunningham was held up and stopped in the tackle (but hadn't been called held by the ref) and then Tomkins has come in from the side directly on to the knee. Whether this was intentional or not is another matter, but the tackle was in all but the refs mind effected, and could be construed as a malicious attempt to injure someone.

If this had been a Saints player on a Wigan player I'd be saying the same thing. Coming in from the side on a stationary player directly attacking the knees is out of order. Has the potential to cause some serious long term damage.