Quote ="saint at wire"The pass to wilkin was a mistake, but as much wilkins mistake as smiths. I'm not totally convinced wilikin meant to be a dummy runner. As a dummy runner I wouldn't have thought you would block your own players line of sight for passing. Certainly when I was watching it, me and 5000 other fans around me thought wilikin had dropped a perfectly good pass which should have led to a certain try. '"
I would agree. Also, when coaching juniors, it is instilled into them always to be ready for the ball. So whether Wilkin was the dummy runner or not - and like you, I'm not convinced - he should still have been ready to collect the ball. I don't go with the 'not ready' excuse at any time. All players should be alert to the ball at all times.
Quote Smith did knock on with the try line at his mercy but most of the team also did!!'"
He did and I felt for him. But as you say he wasn't the only one. Keiron finished his career off beautifully with a knock on. Paul Wellens effectively passed to a Wigan player with the line at his mercy. Tony P disappeared up his own jumper. Meli gave away two penalties. The whole team was a shambles. It still amazes me that we weren't nilled.
