I have just looked at the game again and Wigan where very lucky not to loose that game today on catch up and have to admit i thought there was was nothing wrong with the pass! The game needs to have VAR at all games just like Football and Tennis games cricket so decisions are 100 percent correct! Imagine the amount of games that Wigan won and lost due to borderline passes and touchline decisions!

OK? Who is going to tell him?

You've had a mare here lad.

Look at how the ball comes out of Matautia’s hands.

Football has VAR we just have a video ref and funnily enough said video ref was in attendance yesterday. FWIW I thought the pass was at least a yard forward. If you look at the shading on the pitch from where the ball was passed to where it was caught you will see a clear forward pass.

The pass was at least 2 yards forward. Can see from the grass line on the pitch. But I've seen em given.

Even Daryl Powell said it was forward.

Deary me, clearly a forward pass.

I'd be spewing if it was a forward pass against us...not because it wasn't forward, but because of how many of those are not given (I would say 95%). They used to call it the momentum rule if I remember correctly. Union VR have it right as they're allowed to judge on forward passes, unlike ours. Would have been given a no try in Union too on review.

Believe it or not there are posters ont he Wire forum stating that it ISNT a forward pass

Apparently because Mata'utia finishes in front of where the ball is caught. No mention of the number of steps he took to get there, where the ball was thrown from and caught or the angle it came out of his hands. To be fair if he'd carried on running for another 30 mins he could have stood on a housing estate in Platt Bridge and the pass would have been miles backwards!

Not quite sure they've understood the momentum rule over in Warrington.

It was forward but iv seen worse not given, the actual route it travels doesn’t mean too much with momentum but it comes forward out of his hands imo.

Should have gone to Specsavers.

It was forward but I’ve seen them given and had it been, it would’ve been a travesty. After watching the game back, I’d hadn’t realised how dominant we were throughout. I think that sinking feeling you get with 12 men tricked me in to thinking we’d not been reasonably comfortable all day.

Yeah it looks better on replay, doesn't it? What was clear was that we were a team with a plan after the red card, and Wire had no composure and no plan.

Does this mean we had a plan B ,who would have thought it !

Forward pass is a tricky rule, to simplify it its looking at the passers hand "position" and the motion as the pass is released. At the time, my reaction was that the pass was OK as camera angle was behind the passer. From side and front on the passer threw the ball forward ie it came out of the hand forward. Just looking at pitch lines doesn't tell the full story as the ball can move forward relative to the ground and not be a forward pass due to the motion of the passer. Simples!

On this occasion the lines on the grass did show it forward as passer wasn't running forward at pace negating any momentum. I even think he realised and moved forward to try to create the illusion after he passed, the real debate should be how poor that bit of play was. Likes been said though it was the right call and an easy one, they should get these right even though not always. Wigan deserved the win to have lost it to a forward pass that wasn't pulled would have been harsh.

Yeh, it was the unnecessary "double-pump" that caused it to leave the hands in a forward direction - mightily relieved I was too