Makes no odds..lomax could have been tackled 8metres out if he wasnt obstructed..just because he was tackled after he ran past it was still an obstruction to begin with.

I did say there was a call for it, did not admit it was clear cut as dixon was stood still when the player ran into him. The fact he was stood still in the Bradford line is more the question. If it was Wilkin I'd say yeh it was obstruction, being Dixon, I'd be more inclined to say he was waiting for the number 54.

Fair penalty.

I have to say penalty now. At the time I was seething, but with hindsight, damn stupid by Lynch. Kearney had it covered.
The galling thing is the total inconsistency. Jeffries taken out several times after kicking through - no penalties. Herbert flattened late and high by Wilkin - nothing. It's just the usual story really.

My wife said after we went ahead - we only need to keep Saints out until the end and we will win! My reply: "Don't worry, Child will give them a penalty in the last minute." And bang on cue....

I think it was a pentalty,the tries are 50/50 calls and could of gone eitherway.As for Wilkin on the kickers well i think he was comited to it everytime and in those conditions its hard to stop anyway.All in all though i think you played the conditions far better than we did.

Soft decision.

Committed to what though? Taking Herbert out or charging for the ball?

I thought the penalty was justified, but so were a fair few others that weren't given throughout the game but that's sport. We deserved to take 2 points from today's game IMO, I thought we were the better side all things considered.

Just relieved to see the team playing well and defending as a team now. Big game against Hull next week, let's hope we have some energy left in the tank after that effort in tough conditions!

Other results havent gone our way today. Wakey, Cas, Salford all getting points we could have done without

Charging the ball. No way was that anything else.

Very true!

You could see what Wilkin was trying to do. He wasn't just going for the ball, he was going to tackle Herbert. If he stops the kick great, if he doesn't then he gets the bonus of a cheap shot on a playmaker.

We had video ref on our side today so the late call was about right i think a draw was a fare result.

Wrong. He just went splat into Herbert milliseconds after the ball left his foot. There was just nothing wrong in that challenge at all. Not. A. Thing.

Penalty or no penalty I think we defended superbly today but didnt really pose any sort of threat on the saints line in the second half.

As for Lynch costing us a point as someone has said is that not Ah Van that has cost us 2 points? missing 2 kicks from bang infront that a decent super league kicker should kick....1 tonight and 1 in catalan

defo penalty...

However, maybe i need to be corrected but is the penalty given on the mark of the collision or where the ball is collected?? because the collision was 39 meters and the kick was taken from 30....

tough point lost but great effort from the boys. NEED to win next week... wont be easy

Was a penalty, Lynch was unbelievably dumb to do it, it was a brainfart of the biggest proportions.

Having said which I said at half time that we would lose on a last minute penalty, having needlessly given Saints last minute possession. Well, we didn't lose, but it felt like it. After a;; that effort, why TF can we never, ever, ever learn how to close down the last minute?

Lucky to get away with charging the kicker on the penalty at the end too, just would have meant a chip shot for Foster mind

And yes it was certainly a penalty

I expect the 10000 people who were chanting "cheat" will want to apologise to Mr Childs.

I expect the 10000 people who were chanting "cheat" will want to apologise to Mr Childs.

The fact he was standing still is irrelevant since the ball carrier used him as a shepherd. The shepherd doesn't have to move, standing in an offside position is sufficient.

Thought it was a professional foul by Lynch, protecting his try line, maybe he thought a two point give away was better than a four point loss, didn't blame him in the circumstances at the time and still don't! Very good draw in really bad conditions, if L'Estrange had stayed fit i think we may have been celebrating a good win!

What this thread should be about is whether Childs should have penalised Bradford a second time for illegally attempting to charge down a penalty?

Or not.

All that would of happened would be the pentalty would be moved 10 meters closer to the goal,but as he got the kick it doesnt matter.

Ref didn't penalise it so it didn't happen. Think of it as being like Chris Joynt's voluntary tackle..............