sorry mate but that is not as bad as someone 'setting upon' a girl

Where you there? If you were there then maybe your attitude would be somewhat different.. i didn't mean to call all wire fans... but I was horrified what I saw tonight and so would you be ...

I can't say I agree with you. It's terrible that this incident has happened and I wish Hogan and his girlfriend a speedy recovery. However it not fair to blame or punish their club or scapegoat the majority of their decent fans when the incident occurred away from the ground. Assaults unfortunately happen all the time, including in Wigan town centre pretty much every weekend, some are sports related / some aren't, with most fuelled by alcohol. Serious incidents often occur without any provocation or even reason, I should know having been victim twice in the last decade in two separate towns. Nevertheless these incidents when they occur are best left to the Police, rather than expecting the RL club to intervene or being held responsible in some way. Hopefully in the future, the Authorities will acknowledge the issue of alcohol related violence at local derbies in most sports and have a more sensible kick off time, however I'm not sure that would suit Sky's agenda. Maybe the RFL should be looking at establishing the fixture somewhere specific on the calendar, i.e. a Bank Holiday, like one of the Wigan / Saints derbies.

As far as Warrington Wolves are concerned, unfortunately the idiot minority in towns that normally attach themselves to other sports (i.e, football), don't have that option in Warrington where the RL club is the only show in town. Aside from the victims of violence in this instance, its the decent fans of the Warrington club that I feel sorry for, as I know many personally who will be disgusted with the behaviour of the idiots and the resultant impression that some Wigan fans now have of the town.

Why? Most folk on here agree that the majority of Wire fans are pretty good natured,but you have a bad element who come out when the big derby games are played.

Obviously there are a couple of comments, but they seem to be people who were involved in it tonight and are pretty angry about it all.

Seriously? Jeeeeez. Sorry Warrington fans but I don't think that wouldn't happen at any of our other away games.

Where has the chip on the shoulder come from?

A few supporters are quite entitled to be upset after this ordeal mate, but they are not slating the majority of Wire fans. Everyone is acknowledging it's the minority.

Yep!! He got punched/ kicked to the ground then they set his shirt on fire!! Luckily some Wigan fans pulled the shirt off him and stamped the fire out.

Unbelievable.

I'm absolutely gobsmacked at what I am reading.

Savages.

I agee that warrington doesn't have a football club so the idiots in warrington support the rugby club and that the majority of Wire fans are law abiding citizens.. but lets not ignore the facts that are, warrington has an hooligan element that needs to be addressed....

So one incident of being punched and suddenly warrington are scum?

we've only heard one half of the story. Not condoning it mind.

After the Catalan semi-final (whoop!), some Wigan fans started on us and it kicked off because we were singing "youre not going to wembley". When you played us at home the week after, I saw same wigan fans trying to goad wire fans before the game.

Glasshouses.

It was my friend who they set his shirt on fire. He got kicked to the ground and they set his shirt on fire. My girlfriend managed to get it back after they took it off his back to burn it some more. I will get pictures of it...

I was gobsmacked seeing it. Can't say if they were real wire fans or not but most did have shirts/ team colours. They didn't care if you were male/ female or what age you were and as a (very) small woman, it was scary as hell. I'm just thankful we all made it out without anything worse happening.