Quote: Jason "The Wigan game that we won in 2006 on Sky still sticks out in my mind. The video ref took an age to decide if we had scored in the corner or had the ball been dislodged by in the process ( was it Hallpenny and Richards). Still think we were lucky with that 50 50 video call. Had it not gone our way ultimately we would have been relegated.'"
You're right it was Halpenny and Richards and yes it was a bad call. Richards was almost horizontal and going over the line when Halpenny hit him and the ball came loose and was touched down by another Wigan player. What the Ref didn't pick up was Halpenny reaching across Richards' back and punching the ball loose but it was an understandable error, it happened so fast.
A woman Wgan supporter sat in front me who had been a real pain for the whole match went absolutely balistic and I couldn't console her no matter how hard I tried
. At the end we shook hands and parted friends and my last words were "Don't worry, you won't be relegated". Sometimes I really hate being right.
PS I've just re read your post and we are on different wave lengths. The incident I describe was at the end of the game with a Halpenny tackle on Richards.
regards