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So only Wigan players threw high shots?

I see.

"Saints were on the receiving end of several high shots, particularly in a frenetic first half, with one high tackle leading to Wigan prop Andy Coley spending 10 minutes in the sin-bin, after flattening winger Tom Makinson"

I must of missed this bit, rubbish article!

The bit where Wellens describes Richards "speeding past him" made me laugh.

1 My gran could speed past him
2 If he hadn't been flapping his arms like a hummingbird at Bentham, he could have stopped Richards coming further in before grounding

More bulls*it for Maguire to feed to the players this week. Hopefully as I said last night it'll keep pouring in so we have plenty to use.

I'm desperate to get through this game and get another crack at Saints. They'll have to play a lot better then Sunday to beat us in that game.

Just pin it up on the walls in the gym and make sure they all read it.

Nothing like an annoyed set of forwards.

Coley in the bin?!

Anyway - I watched the game again and agree with Simmons that there were a fair few high shots coming in from Wigan that went unpunished and it seems par for the course this year for our players to get clobbered high every game.

Our discipline is better than most (in fact I think we've conceded the fewest penalties of any team this year) which probably adds to Simmons' frustrations when indiscipline isn't punished.

Err, what about the one by Foster on Charnley just before he dived for the line for the disallowed try? It wasn't a particularly dangerous high shot but Foster made contact above the shoulder and it should have been a penalty (a fact ignored by the ref and video ref) even if it wasn't a try. (Or is Bentham claiming to have played advantage - in which case it's arguable that without the high shot Charnley would have scored (assuming he didn't!) and therefore we got no advantage and therefore we should have had a penalty.

Another cack article from the St Helens reporter..... Sorry St Helens Fabricator stopped reading when I started laughing at their their coley cockup ..... Utter gash

So, speaking of double standards, 2 Super League coaches have been fined for speaking out against the referees this season, this is the second time Whiney Boy Simmons has moaned, and no doubt, the second time he'll get off with it.

Nothing like winning gracefully eh?

I like this bit...nothing like being sure your right before commenting


Simmons added: “Neither was I pleased when the referee sent Sia Soliola to the touchline to change a blood-stained shirt just as Wigan formed a scrum, and then scored within two plays.

“It might have been the right call, but I will be looking into that.

I just had a look at that on my sky plus and all I can say is



Clear example of a reckless high tackle, absolutely no question. Precisely what Simmons is talking about. I'm surprised Charnley managed to get up after he stepped and ducked under Foster's grab.

next time, leave him on and take the £2000 fine. Also, what's with the lack of a roasting for one of theirs removing their shorts IN the field of play! Right in front of the South Stand. I was totally offended! Disgraceful and distasteful!

Bit of strange lingo from Wellens - “I’m dirty on myself"



I wonder whether he may have inadvertently revealed why he can't run very fast. It's no wonder, really. Just glad I'm not the Saints kitman.

Leaving aside the issue that Foster made contact (though it amounted to little more than a girly slap it was still a penalty), are you saying that if a player ducks under a high tackle the tackler hasn't committed an offence?

no mention of the sia soliola high shot on sam tomkins then royce?

Nothing from him on the incident where Makinson went in with both knees into Sam Tomkins' ribs whilst he was already tackled.
Right in front of the TJ by the east stand touchline.

Shirley is your worse player not seen him tackle anyone below the neck this season, Coley is a serial head hunter. Then we have Hock who likes the odd eye socket with Lima the occassional hair tug when the opportunity arises. Whilst Vomkins has his own technique of knee and foot collisions near the try scorers head.

Sounds like Roycey doesnt fancy a rematch to me

Do you have to try to be that stupid? I see he doesn't mention graham kneeling on O'Loughlin's head to get up either.

Talk about a disgraceful coach.

Imagine how bad he would have been if saints had lost!

He was penalised for that. The point Royce was making was that Wigan's high shots were not penalised - except for Coley's. But there were a number more than that, as well as two tackles in the air, both of which went unpunished.

Simmons has complained about high shots before. I think it's the only thing he HAS complained about. He's fully justified in making an issue of it.

We beat you. We don't care whether we play you or not.

Why you still moaning like little bitches then?

He does enjoy a good whinge this bloke.

Let them talk, it'll have no effect other than the journalists are even more desperate for sources this week...