No charge, think il go out and rob a post office or something tomorrow. seems its a you can do what you like week and get off with it.

The RFL don't control Cheshire Police.

Who cares? The NRL would never ban a key Roosters player between now and the WCC. Wigan are out there flying the flag for Super League at the end of the day!

And I hope they get snotted!

wow. That is astonishing.

Precedent set then, happy hunting.

Did anyone else watching Bowen think "Graham Appo"?

Not quite sure if he'll be the sleek, classy elusive running back version of Appo who lit up the last days of Wilderspool, or the version of Appo that resembled a chipmunk who had anticipated a nuclear winter and stocked up on nuts accordingly.

I heard he is being questioned over the disappearance of 10 pizzas from the Huddersfield dressing room last Friday night. Only a few crusts with his DNA and the boxes with his finger prints on were all that remained.

To be fair WCC or not it shouldn't be used as an excuse to not ban someone who has broken one of the laws of the game.
I dont care who wins the WCC as Wire are not involved but the laws of the game should be stuck to no matter what the event or who the club/player is!

Well said Sir!

I don’t condone any form of dangerous play, but some people have very short and bias memories, last year’s GF for instance, and when all is said and done no matter which SL team was over there I would be 100% behind em, and I have truly been surprised at how many so called fans of SL don’t feel the same, this should be one club game when fans rivalry should be put on the back burner. As for Bowen let’s try to keep things in proportion please.

Nope, still hope you lose.

I expect us to do so hombre, but one lives in hope of them, and you!

At this stage he looked a little plump for my liking, however he did have good turn of speed. Once he slims down he will be a hand full. Getting off with that high shot is just to keep our team in the WCC at full strength! If it happens again i would foresee a different out come!!

I was at Wembley v leeds and v hudds.
2 Yorkshire teams. I didnt see any neutral pies on that day cheering Wire as a Lancs team.

Screw Wigan. I for one as a SL fan will watch and hope they get stuffed.

[i=#FF8040As for Bowen let’s try to keep things in proportion please.[/i

Ok; Grix had taken three strides before Bowen stiff armed him. Bowen should have been sent off and given a three match ban.


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So now you are trying to make a right out of two wrongs, do me a favour pies.

As for putting rivalry to one side, I would certainly consider it if it was any team other than wigin I hope they get stuffed by a lot.

Best post you've ever made.

Soliola, that's a straight red tonight. I really wonder what you have to do to get one.

in recent times there were three red card in this game. Have the rules changed or have we got benefit of doubt on this as well?

To be fair, if it wasn't for the attitude of your fans at their opinion that Wiggin are the greatest team to have ever pulled on a RL Jersey in the World, then most of us Wire fans may well hope you beat Aussies.........

Nope, I'm lying!!

I too hope they run through you like a dose of the $hits!

I'm assuming this may be because you don't want to comment on it. IIRC you never seemed to want to comment on the Hansen issue because it had apparently "been done to death". Which is fair enough, but by keeping quiet some people may see that as condoning said actions.

Will be very interesting to see if Hansen does the same to a Wigan player during his Salford tenure, and how the Wigan fans would react if it did happen. I doubt very much they would brush it off as a "legitimate tackle".



Even Wire or St Helens? I think not. If one of those teams got to the WCC, there is no way on this planet you would support them.



I think part of it boils down to the amount of bile and arrogance spewed out by some of fans after the Grand Final. There was that much of it, that Eugene Victor Tooms would have had a field day.

As for the fan rivalry, it's not the WCC that it happens, England RL suffer with it all the time. Saints/Wire fans booing Wigan players, Wigan/Saints fans booing Wire players, Wigan/Wire fans booing Saints players and everyone else booing Leeds players.

My preference for the WCC is of course the Sydney Roosters; but that is because they have been my NRL team since I've been following the NRL.



I assume that's another "no comment" when it comes to dangerous play then. I thought you don't condone dangerous play.

You seem to be a pretty level headed Wigan fan from your posts, so fair play to you for that. But I never miss an opportunity to question someone's post if I feel it deserves questioning (if I see these posts, of course). It's what a forum is all about.

You are 100% right about what these boards are all about, discussion and argument, and a bit of biff and bat, but believe me (but I doubt you will though, but nonetheless) EVEN IF IT WAS WIRE, OR SAINTS IN THE WCC, AGAINST OZ, TOO BLOODY RIGHT!

Or you could say a like a dose of Saints!

For me Bowen deserved a ban. That he escaped one because the RFL didn't want to weaken Wigan for the WCC is both transparent as glass and a disgrace. I don't care who Wigan (or anyone) play the following week, player safety should be paramount. Maybe if Bowen had missed the WCC (which he hadn't earned anyway not being part of last year's Wigan team) then maybe he would have thought twice before trying to take someone's head off again this season.

As for the referees and red cards: to be honest I think they are afraid of standing up and making a decision and facing the repercussions should they be considered to have got it wrong. Game outcomes can depend on being an extra man up sometimes and if the ref has done that in error...
It's far easier to put a player on report and hand the decision to the disciplinary, with their slow-mo replays and multiple angles. Especially now report isn't even needed for a referral to the disciplinary. Refs can just dole out a penalty and let the board worry about repercussions for the player.
Maybe if the sin bin could be used for high tackles refs would be more inclined to reach for their pocket. That would give an immediate, on-field benefit to the team sinned against and an immediate, on-field punishment for the sinner. One of my real bug bears about match bans is that more often than not the team wronged doesn't get any benefit, the teams the week(s) after do.