Have just watched the game back for the first time and it struck me that I've not seen too much complaining from Leeds (Wire/Saints/Jonathon Davies/whoever) about the following refereeing decisions:

13 mins - Sinfield impedes Richards in the air, preventing a probable Wigan try. Should have been a penalty to Wigan.

31 mins 42 secs - Ryan Bailey plays the ball on Leeds' 30, facing the touchline. Should have been a Wigan penalty, giving us another set at their end.

58 mins - Hoffman is tackled and ref calls before Watkins comes back in to contact, forcing the error. Should have been a penalty to Wigan. Leeds scored from that possession.

60 mins - McGuire grounds the ball in his own in-goal from the restart. Should have been a drop out and possession for Wigan.

It's all Monday's fish and chip wrappers now. The 2011 CC winners are Wigan.

Or Ablett not playing the ball before Leeds second try.

I noticed that too

Having looked back on the replay, my suspicions were confirmed. The BJB try definitely came from a forward pass.

It couldn't have. Only Wigan get away with decisions like that

That was the most crucial decision or lack of in the match. From a position of total dominance, Wigan were on the back foot from that point on for the rest of the half. The speed of that incorrect play the ball totally changed the momentum of the game.

I agree. They say the bad calls normally even themselves up through the game though. They score from that, we score from a forward pass. All our fortunate decisions are highlighted whereas ones that go against us don't seem to be mentioned. Or maybe its just me that thinks that.

The worst decision of the game was Hall's second try - the ball never touched the ground.