Not denying that, and that's not even the point. The point is that if it was the other way round you lot would be baying for blood. And rightly so.

Was that an invisible forearm or a real one.

Not me. I think Poore and Farrell were guilty of the same offence; namely striking. The fact that one did it with more skill should be broadly immaterial in the eyes of the officials. You could even argue that Farrell's offence was far worse, given that it followed him shoving his arm in Poore's face in the tackle, dropping his knee on him and then striking first.

I'm certainly not saying what Poore did was right, but it was understandable. Should he just have stood there and waited for the second and third shots from Farrell? You tell me.

Either way it was a cracking punch

Nope its a big boys game, farell came looking for it and got. Trouble is farrel isn't a big boy.

Looking at some of the comments on the Wigan board, you'd think that we were the dirtiest team around and were the only ones who were guilty of head high tackles and messing around at the play the ball.

Obviously, trying to find reasons why a team down to 12 men were able to keep the margin respectable and put 24 points on them.

Would love to hear BC's version of whether he grounded the ball for that no try decision, and also still mystified how Vince Mellars was deemed to have been tackled touch-in goal, when clearly the majority of him and the ball were still in the field of play

Mellars was holding the ball in the field of play. definately got that wrong. surprised no one has mentioned the number of head high tackles wigan got away with. On a number of occasions dragged our players to the floor with their arm round our necks.

High tackle...
The ref was the worst I have seen this year, had no control of the game and didnt have a clue what was going on at times..

Thanks. So given that Hicks saw the that, and can't deny seeing what Farrell did after, how come he didn't walk?

Mr Poore should have an interesting evening at Red Hall this week. If I were him I'd simply say "I got a head shot, then dropped on, then jabbed in the face. There was no whistle and I took the decision to defend myself as it wasn't clear how long the prolonged attack was going to go on for".

Nick Rigg @WExp_Nick

Justin Poore has been charged with a Grade B punching offence and will face the @TheRFL disciplinary panel tomorrow night. @WTWildcatsRL

Grade B is 1-2 games.

I agree - given that Mr Hicks didn't intervene in what was a series of fouls during that tackle, I think Poore could reasonably argue that he was left with no other choice.

I've been a long-time critic of Wigan's approach to the contact element of the game - Maguire introduced this hunting in packs, win at all costs mentality and their constant pushing of the envelope in terms of tackle technique is an ugly spectacle; Farrell is one of the niggliest players in a niggly side and personally, I'm glad that we finally have a player who is prepared to put a marker down.

Justin Poore uses extreme force when faced with wrongdoing - he's like SL's very own Batman.

The write up in the RLE might as well of been written for the Wigan local rag.

Whilst not condoning what Poore has done, his selection of players that he has punched, i don't think can be faulted. He just needs to be a bit smarter in getting across what he feels.

Thats what I thought! wasnt watching the same game as me!!! I wonder if he is related to Robert Hicks?

: Poore apparently has got the worst disciplinary record in Super League this year and its not what a team like Wakefield need. We need him on the pitch to make the hard yards and breaking the opposition in two like he did against Hull KR.

He's got real ability and I'd much prefer him to be a legal enforcer in the tackle and running the ball in really hard. He's ex-State of Origin and he needs to remember that he probably has more ability than most he plays in England. I would have loved to have seen him batter Farrell in the tackle 10-15 mins further into the match reminding him who he's taking on just seemed a bit stupid to do another 'Bailey' in a league match.