The first Wigan try was a blatant forward pass, O'loughlin is stood 1 metre behing the '20' line and the ball hits the ground at least another metre infront of it.

Having said all that Wigan were the best side and deserved the win.

But my complaint is why can the paying public/TV etc see them and not the officials that are being paid to officiate correctly?

Agree Wigan had more in the tank than us on the day again.

I thought that was quite a difficult decision to make cos that's the way gareth cock plays and I'm not sure he knows any different, I think that decision could have gone either way and there were arguments for and against the decision. I thought the ref had a decent game but it's the linesmen who were, and always are, shocking. They just seem to have an inability to spot forward passes which is surely their job??

I fully agree with your post, I must say like most others we were not cheated out of the game today and this is not an excuse but it is getting stupid, I think the only way to beat it is to join in the fun and delay our passes when it gives us the edge we may need! Also I think we should learn to lay on for longer as most other teams seem to be doing this alot (dont tell scully and martin though they take it to the extreme sometimes!)

Putting the result to one side. Many of Bentham's decisions today really do need looking at. As for the touch jouges - is there really any point in giving them any responsibiliy at all? TV footage is the ideal opportunity to put the standard of refereeing under the microscope

Had a word with one Jonathan Davies after the game and he thought Wigan was the best team BUT a few reffing non decisions helped them on the front foot,I.E the forward passes.

Typical Davies 'understatement' then

The refs should be sorting out infringments like the use of elbows... not to say any names! Many a time was there line miles offside and nothing got said.... Linesmen are just as bad tho.... forward passes! So at least 2 of their tries should have been disallowed

Apart from:

* Being allowed to lay on (which we did when we realise we could get away with it)

* Being off side most of the time (so Brad Drew did the decent thing and tried a chip over - the trouble is he only tried once)

* Leading with your arm ( he might need to have a chat on Tuesday but it won't help us any)

* Mike Fawshaw was on the pitch (a lot more than he ever was when he played for us



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So what's up?????

Touch Judges are a waste of space, no doubt, but it evens out. They scored from a forward pass but had a real try ruled out when Grix lost the ball. We got a try when Martin was off-side, but they didn't look at that.

No complaints about result. We dropped it too often, as simple as that, so we never applied any pressure.

Now Wembley is no more, if Hudds win tomorrow, I expect money to change hands, and a player or two.

Sean O'loughlin consistently flouts several rules and gets away with murder imo

I'm not Gareth Hock's biggest fan but I didn't see much wrong with it. It looked much worse in lose motion, the full speed replays showed it to be little more than him pushing the defender away.