Thurs 17th March : SL : Wigan Warriors v Castleford Tigers KO. 8:00pm SKY

[andyscoot]

I have the believe it's for dissent. It wasn't late and it wasn't high...

[meast]

3 minutes ago, Davo5 said:

Nah you just have more of them.

Not many more judging by the meagre turnout of Wigan and Cas fans tonight.

 

[northamptoncougar]

Used to watch every game - now it’s about 3rd on the list of priorities on a Thursday night - pathetic refereeing 

[Man of Kent]

3 minutes ago, andyscoot said:

I have the believe it's for dissent. It wasn't late and it wasn't high...

I thought that but wouldn’t he have advanced the penalty mark 10 metres? 

[meast]

4 minutes ago, Fevrover said:

It's not that bad.

The game?

It is in my opinion, countless errors, penalties, lack of discipline, too much messing around and not enough rugby.

[Jim Prendle]

3 minutes ago, Davo5 said:

Another ridiculous sin bin,we’ll be making the players wear vests with goal attack & putting a hoop on the crossbars next.

That's what Ralph Rimmer is so afraid to announce.

[Chrispmartha]

That is a ridiculous yellow card, it wasn’t even a penalty to be honest

[Bedfordshire Bronco]

How the hell was that a binning ?

Feels we are on the verge of nonsense with this now

[redjonn]

6 minutes ago, dkw said:

That's absolutely laughable, in no way that was a late tackle. Farcical 

The earlier hit from a wigan player on cas kicker was more a late tackle...

this decision was a joke and if it was for a late tackle its a reasonable question why the other wasn't.

A joke

[meast]

I have defended the sin bins etc for strikes around the head etc, but that one and Jerry's on Saturday are just ridiculous now, but I guess it's now not what they player does but what his opponents head does, flexion, it's all down to flexion rather than actual offence.

Just silly 

[Old Frightful]

My word, that “late tackle” was a big call. I thought he’d blown up because Fonua’s arm touched the ball as it was passed and had given a knock on. When Fonua was sin binned I assumed it was for dissent as he claimed he didn’t touch it.

For that to be penalised as a late tackle plummets us into further problems with referees in my opinion.

Late is now obviously deemed to be milliseconds.

[Fevrover]

2 minutes ago, meast said:

The game?

It is in my opinion, countless errors, penalties, lack of discipline, too much messing around and not enough rugby.

Yeah you're right but it's close and not one of them silly both teams scoring loads of points games.

[Chrispmartha]

Ill just add, I don’t blame the referees here, they are being told to do this

[Davo5]

7 minutes ago, northamptoncougar said:

Used to watch every game - now it’s about 3rd on the list of priorities on a Thursday night - pathetic refereeing 

You must have finished the other 2 then.

[Just Browny]

I'm flabbergasted at that to be honest. There was nothing dangerous about what he did. If there is, arguably it is too dangerous to be playing this sport and we should try to do something else.

[meast]

4 minutes ago, Fevrover said:

Yeah you're right but it's close and not one of them silly both teams scoring loads of points games.

True, the closeness of it makes it interesting, but the quality has been poor

 

[Agbrigg]

19 minutes ago, welshmagpie said:

They look very unfit 

 

Interesting you should mention that. They have a new conditioner who was at Wakey for a number of years. Strangely Wakefield's fitness has improved since he left. 

[dkw]

I have no idea what the rfl want this game to be now, if he's given a ban for that too then we're heading towards a game I will rapidly lose interest in. 

[Chrispmartha]

2 minutes ago, Just Browny said:

I'm flabbergasted at that to be honest. There was nothing dangerous about what he did. If there is, arguably it is too dangerous to be playing this sport and we should try to do something else.

This is a really valid point and gets to the heart of the problem imo.

Clamp down on punching and head high shots, not got an issue whatsoever, they have always been illegal in the sport, late tackles to a player with his back turned or if its late and high again no issue.

That one tonight, if that’s a yellow card because it’s dangerous, then every single tackle in the game is dangerous 

[Tommygilf]

That was ridiculous 

[DavidM]

If thats consistency they’ll be handing out more cards than Clintons

[Man of Kent]

5 minutes ago, Chrispmartha said:

Ill just add, I don’t blame the referees here, they are being told to do this

Agreed. You could almost see the cogs turning in Chris Kendall’s head. ‘Oh, that was a bit high, wasn’t it? Better bin him’. He binned Fonua almost against his own will. 

[Chrispmartha]

All players on twitter seem dumbfounded, they are the ones playing the game they need a voice in this too

[del capo]

5 minutes ago, Just Browny said:

I'm flabbergasted at that to be honest. There was nothing dangerous about what he did. If there is, arguably it is too dangerous to be playing this sport and we should try to do something else.

Just re -played it.

Definite clash of heads as Wigan seek to offload. Cas player has a duty of care- not deliberate but negligent......

[Scubby]

4 minutes ago, DavidM said:

If thats consistency they’ll be handing out more cards than Clintons

Card factory