Emmit has a speedy recovery. Just like PJ he seems a cracking lad.

40 bloody seconds to go!!!!

With an illegal tackling technique too

God knows who's going to play prop on Sunday.

er, where?

Top performance from Emmitt tonight, never really seen much of him before. Pretty impressed. Saints could have done with him this year.

There was no illegal technique used in that tackle, however, it was pretty prominent throughout the match from Wigan

Wigans technique stood out for me. Really dark turn for our game. It not dirty per se but it will cause injury and is not the direction we want our game to take. Really worry.

what is the problem with the technique,
just cos we win, and we are dominating the game again, we get slated for doing nothing illegal, dont add up,
how about people grow up and worry about their teams attacking, and try n figure a way around our technique rather than trying to figure out a rule that will stop us winning, god its getting like f1

Sorry mate...but your absolutely clueless!!

A tackling technique (legal or illegal) that brings increased risk of injury to players is not something that the opponent can 'Figure a way or technique around!!'. The rules of the game, and the referee are there to prevent this and the sooner they 'outlaw' the technique we saw last night, the better our game will be.

The reason that RL fans and community stand and clap any player who leaves the field injured is due to our respect for the game they bring to us on the field. No-one wants to see an increased risk of players getting injured on either side!

Best wishes to the lad - ignoring his constant chebbing at the ref, he seems like a decent kid and certainly puts in the work; reminds me a bit of James Graham.

The Wigan dodgy tackle technique does seem to have been ramped up - it was more in evidence last night than I recall in recent weeks.

im clueless?
how?
u havent given one shred of legitimate evidence that there is a problem with out technique,
he plays rugby, people get hurt,
we have hock go off after being studded in the groin by your players, yet we havent kicked up a fuss about that,
unless there is legitimate proof and evidence that we are intentionally hurting people, and its not sure sour grapes, cos this only happens once we win, after your draw with us you didnt moan about anything,

Knee ligament damage apparently, will be out for a while

poor fella has my sympathys, currently recovering myself

Wake up!!!

There are posts on various team forums, which clearly describe the technique and the concerns that go with it way in advance of last nights game.

Are we all wrong??

So again 'wake up' it's not a reaction to the game, it's a foresight of what is going to happen if it is allowed to continue. Or shall we wait until it does and then voice our concerns??



If....and I do say if!!, Hock was studded in the groin it is one singular incident, but not an intentional technique, which makes it an entirely different matter.

sour grapes,
grow up

What a Pathetic, unconstructive response!!!

yeah, giving it the respect it deserves,
no1 has given any evidence that there is a problem, jsut a bunch of moaning.
so unless you have evidence i suggest this thread gets shut down before it becomes Slanderous against the wigan club

only the teams that cant compete moan fella...

Pull your head out of your butt cheaks and read!!! My concerns....(not moans).... are for the safety of players in our game.....of any team....of any age!!! Comprende' amigos!

non comprende....this is rugby league, its never been as safe.

Watch the match from last night and look at the tackle on Ferres I think in the second half, where Lima and another player (cant remember who) pulled Ferres backwards over his own legs, Luckily they didnt get stuck because that could have been very nasty.

Watch that and come back on here and tell me that wasnt intentionally trying to injure a player in the tackle. I am not saying last nights match was riddled with it because it wasnt, but this was a good example of what people are talking about.

Funnily enough Lima always seems to be in the mix when it happens.

that kind of tackle happens all the time....I know what you mean as at the time I said it could have been an injury. Doesnt make it intentional.

Never seen so much Yorkshire bitter! Laughable, you can't half tell Wigan are top of the pile again!!!

We are playing within the rules folks. Sorry but its true, unfortunately the rest of the league needs to catch up

It's a shame that for all the really decent and genuinely nice Wigan fans out there, there seems to be one of you. Shame really because I genuinely have a lot of time for your fans and your team.

You can't argue with folks concerns with regards to player safety - even a few of the coaches have come out and criticised certain techniques that they believe are causing problems. Is it a coincidence that the rate of long term injury seems to be on the increase at the moment? I don't have any figures but I daresay there are quite a few teams missing a few players, yourselves included.

As I said elsewhere, the real cause of all this bickering between fans and animosity towards certain players is purely because the interpretations of some rules are simply not clear and therefore not consistently enforced.

On numerous occasions our player was held up by two men, only for a separate wigan player to strike at the legs. I believe this 'Cannonball' technique has been banned in the NRL?? ... Not entirely sure. Its certainly the type of contact that Ritchie Mathers has been campaigning on twitter to be banned for the last 3/4 weeks.

On numerous occasions undue pressure was applied to our players in the tackle. This undue pressure was, im my opinion, the cause of Jake's injury with 40 seconds to go.

Certainly not sour grapes, We’ve just competed for 80 minutes with the Superleague champions with 10 first team players in the stands, 8 home grown players on the pitch that are under 21 years of age. I’m Chuffed to bits!

What I do feel, is concerned. Concerned for the welfare of players taking on wigan. Although the techniques you are using are not illegal, they are certainly dangerous and not in the spirit of the game