It was friendly fire one of the saints player's caught him with a pearler right on the button.

If Mcdonnel gets a ban id appeal for it. He didn’t throw a punch

I saw Lomax indulge in a bit of petulant sledging (every side does it) on Walters. McDonnell lost his temper, ran in and ending up pressing his forehead against Lomax's. So technically a headbutt I guess. Not sure if that was what he was sent off for though. At the time I thought penalty Saints and a sin binning for McDonnell, maybe both. In truth I don’t think it impacted the result.

Sent off for throwing a punch spotted apparently by the TJ.
I couldn`t see it nor could the cameras but seems the TJ did.

That was such a satisfying win for St Helens.

What? Beating a team who had 14 players for the majority of the match, losing their 2 starting halfbacks and their star centre?

The Saints fans I spoke to after the game didn’t seem very satisfied.

It was a great effort by your lads on Friday. When all your guys started going down I was pretty confident we’d ease into a win by 2-3 scores but the effort and commitment of your players was unreal. I’d be made up with it if I was a Leeds fan. On balance, I thought you deserved the game more than we did but that’s sport. I felt the opposite when we played you in March so it’s swings and roundabouts. Gonna be a tough road for you now with all the injuries but I hope you make the play offs, always good for an upset and keeping the teams you play honest.

On another note it’s a shame you couldn’t keep hold of Walters. He’s not perfect yet by any means but he really does have the potential to be a top, top player. Gonna be horrible seeing him play for Wigan

Cheers for those comments.
I agree both games could have gone either way.
There`s certainly a resilience in the team.
We got some bad luck with the injuries and whilst both VR decisions were marginally correct I`ve seen them go the other way even with the involvement of VR.
Like to think we will see you in the GF

Well said mate and thanks. Nice to see a sensible discussion from rival fans

Your Neanderthal fans spent all game chanting obscenities at the St Helens players which was not a good look on TV. Your players spent all game trying to injure the St Helens players. Then your supposed hard men took out their frustrations on the smallest man on the pitch, Lomax.

That is why it was satisfying, to beat such a scummy club.

bless..look at me seeking attention.

Obscenities…If I was technically minded I’d post the ‘won’t someone think of the children’ gif.

Injuring players, I’d love a specific example of it being that way round, because I can point to a nasty looking cannon ball on a Leeds player, but you’re not up in arms about that.

And to top it all off I’d be very surprised if lomax was smaller than myler or O’Connor and Ritson, so even that statement might be factually incorrect.

Bless.

So about that bust up. The verdict is in

Thats some high quality nonsense right there.

Amen

It’s quite hilarious, have you saints fans got short memories?

Can you not remember in round 3 with the saints fans congregating around the Sky cameras to verbally abuse the Leeds Coach and Players? Now that was classy

Bet your real fun at home

And here comes the wind up merchant


Go on I`ll bite.
What were those obscenities chanted all game? And did they continue for the full 90 minutes or did we take a break at some time?
Which Leeds player tried to injure the Saints players?
And how many did they try and injure?
All of them or just a few?
I wasn`t aware that Lomax was the smallest player on the pitch but I will take your word for it.
But out of interest who were our hardest men who took out their frustrations on little man Lomax? I I don`t think any Leeds players received a ban but I do know that we had 3 players taken off injured and will be missing for between 8 and 12 weeks.
And finally what makes Leeds such a scummy club?
What with you having players like LMS, Lees, Sironen, Matuatia and Knowles in your ranks I would be careful how you respond to that last question.

From a neutrals perspective Saints are by far the dirtiest team in the league. Just ask Mike Cooper or Shane Wright who have had their seasons ended by being twisted in a tackle, Knowles and Lees have been banned for these two incidents. Some Saints fans need to get real, these are dangerous tackles - Tom Holroyd was lucky not to be injured when Sione Mata'utia held his leg as he was twisted. I don't believe that Wellens instruct his side to play this way but the Ref's need to get a grip. And as for Lomax he got the Leeds player sent off, that's cheating in my book, I am glad McDonnell escaped a ban in the end as it was underserved.

If its not Wellens that is responsible it must be a coincidence St's have set the bar with the level of quality rugby for a good number of years now but since his tenure there has been a change in this level and with it the underhanded tactics, the Lomax incident surprised me as I didn't think he was that type of player but maybe it's acceptable under the current coaching brand.

I don’t really get the hate for Lomax, it was abit of gamesmanship, something that happens a lot every game, it got McDonnell sent off which is causing the uproar but it’s not much of a crime really is it

Maybe not but its just another nasty tactic deployed by Saints this season.

It's like that Season that Sam Tompkins was trying to trap the tacklers arm every tackle to get a cheap penalty.
It was cheating and very unsporting.

Whats nasty about it though? Every team tries to win penalties and most players would say something to the ref f they thought it would get a ply sin binned or sent off. Its always been part of the game.

Most games you see players trapping arms in the tackle, diving on the floor to try get a penalty at the ruck, exaggerating contact. Its not just Saints and Wellens tactics.