Unless I'm mistaken the rules do not allow a player to retaliate to being "wound up". If it did--as you clearly think it should--it would give players a licence to start punch-ups then later claim that they were being wound up. Use your noggin!

Not that I think Tomkins started anything anyway. Westwood got tackled. Simple.

He connected twice, once on Sol, once on Hodgson...

WHY is Joel Tompkins Suspended!!!!!!!!

Now that was nothing short of Assault,not windmilling your arms around you stupid boy.

Lee Radford?

Hope he winds up Mason some time soon KR or Giants.

Tomkins punched Westwood whilst he was on the floor, Westwood dealt with him. It's that simple.

Congrats on your win, great to see wigan get beat and you did it with style,best bit for me was when solomona dragged him back. He is an arrogant little sod and deserves everything he gets, also along with his brother a very dirty player in my view.

you seem to be pretty interested in this subject, yet neglect to think about why joel and sam got banned. For worse offences than ben's last night. I would love to see ben assault sam, but last night was nothing like it.

Otherwise translated as " we wish we had him in our side, we slag him off because we fear what he can do"

Like I said: that Hodgson fella is doing alright at the minute, thanks.

You know, when I saw the title of this thread, I thought who can they be talking about.....



It certainly raised a smile, when after Solomona slung him out of harms way, the little scrot made sure there was the entire Wigan Team between him and any handbags.

Congrats on the win....it's early doors, but you're looking the real deal this season.

bet it took you ages to come up with the answer as well?

He's very much like, and reminds me of Paul Reilly, but with ten times as much talent.

Yeah but they both fell out the Ugly tree and hit every Bleedin branch on the way down..

With the comments that you've put on here and on The Virtual Terrace I'm starting to think that you didn't even watch the game last night. When I say that Tomkins is 'winding up' players, I should have said that he was doing it by using foul play. Everyone else appears to have understood this apart from you. If he wasn't using foul play then why did he get penalised (I think I already know your answer to that one)? Suggest that you use your noggin and admit you were beaten fair and square.

So, wigan are the only team to have a 3rd man coming into the tackle - I really don't think so.

Wire are whiter than white and never do anything wrong unless they are wronged - again I really don't think so.

It seems it's ok to take the law into your own hands and deliver a slap ( what you really meant was a number of punches tothe head)

Yet again another person who chooses only to see what they are told to see.

it seems these wiganers that last night had accepted defeat graciously have turned back to the knoobs we expected to see after we whallopped them.

Watch it again, Tomkins digs him first.

someone should make one of those constantly repeating gifs to prove that ST was the instigator

i wish i knew how, id have one of that, and also one of the lockers pass to myler.....

not at all you lot see nothing wrong with your team picking up players and holding them horizontal and slamming them on their backs, fair play its just about legal I suppose and this is what happened to Westwood.

Normally he would have taken them all day. What he wasnt having was some Rat faced crying bitch putting his head and elbows into his face in a "look at me I'm Rat boy and i've just smashed you" manner...

in short if you cant push the boundaries of the rules in a game you'll be ing in the wind all season

He was at home cuddling his Sam Tomkins doll

Only one fullback had a good game on friday and he wasn't in cherry and white. We're certainly not scared of rat boy.

i would`nt..so he would replace hodgson.no chance,replace briers or myler again no chance...might make a half decent water carrier