Yellow card for that? Again? Spare me

Frustratingly I think that’s game over

Harsh. Pen atb most but Grix shouldn't have done it. No need at all

NO WAY IS THAT A KNOCK ON THALER!!! FFS

To be fair we have been on the end of some shocking decisions. That was a knock on

Yeah one last kick in the balls - thanks Ben

Well, we have gone in with a fair few injuries and shown some great spirit and skill but really silly penalties and game decisions plus some very dodgy officiating have cost us a game that we might well have won. You can't change the decisions. You can change the crazy things on the pitch. So often our undoing

Totally agree

Our own worst enemies again but Super proud of that effort. Thaler was absolutely 5h1te.

All a forgone conclusion. Is there any wonder why folk don’t turn up to watch Thaler blow his whistle?


And when Wigan players don a England shirt and they don’t get the latitude they normally do we are surprised

Yeah...I am proud too. We were all but no hope of a top 4 and really gave em a game with a weakened team. (In mid type I am hearing that whining ..... Shaun Wane bitching about the ref allowing slow ruck!!! Is he kidding??? They gave plenty of that too. He pinged us 12-4 Shaun. What more do you want you....? I'll be glad when we don't see his mug any more)
Back to comment. Ditto what CC said. Spot on

Yeah, just said to my son what an ungracious bloke Wane is. Rather less politely. Great effort against a team who never offend in the ruck.

A great effort there, and they never gave up.

A bit better composure at times, and better game management, and who knows, de could have won that.

Yes, a penalti count of 12-4, with some silly penalties, but some really poor calls by Thaler. De have said we dont get him often. After that, wouldn't want him rushing to ref us in the future.

Chester was annoyed with the discipline in the intervie rightly, but heard that Monaghan was banished from the touchline.

Up the Trin

Chance of a full come back blown when Tupou spilled the ball 5 metres out with about 8 mins to go. Shame.

Greenwood's soft try only just slightly less of an embarrassment than Huby's last seconds dropped ball.

Whos jonathan?

Its a contact sport these things happen! Some you get away with some you dont.

You sound like Eddie.

Lots of 'ifs' and 'buts', but should have taken the two and would have been going into ht only 2 behind and with 7 minutes to go, we were pressing and needed to get a repeat set.
Tupou knocks on and pressure released.
Small margins.

Great effort from the team tonight to say we were never really in the game in the first half ,but kept turning up for each other to keep us Within touch of Wigan .Played a quarter of the game with 12 men and still Wigan couldn’t beat us into submission.
It all bodes Well for the team for the rest of the season and into next .

....and so often those small margins are very easily rectified things we bring on ourselves. It was SO obvious to take 2 there yet nobody had a cool head to shout STOP and don't be daft taking the tap

I actually thought we looked well up for it from the start but kept shooting ourselves in the foot in the first 20. Every time we kept our cool we looked better than them. Does it bode well? It bodes well for more of the same because they never learn from making the same errors over and over again. I take no joy in saying this. I admire their effort and am genuinely proud we haven't taken an early break like Hull and Catalans to a lesser extent, but it has to be said. Our performances are like a record with the needle stuck

Another great game for the neutral to watch, thought you were unlucky and the scoreline didn't do it justice. Does this game finally put to bed the rumour that Ben is a Wakey fan?
Thought you put a lot of pressure on the Wigan line in the first quarter without turning into points which cost you in the end.
Think Wane was taking the pee with his post match comments but on the bright side I can't see them troubling Cas in the semi's on that performance.

Really impressed with Wakey tonight discipline aside. The game has a star in Tom Johnstone and I look forward to watching him in an England shirt at the end of the year. We always struggle against big sides and against Wakey and tonight was no different. There is no way it was a 25-10 game.

I hope not. I'll be cheering you on with gusto, local rivalry or not. Cheeky pie eating .....

Thank you. A Wigan fan with sense. Not impressed with Wane's comments and I won't be sad to see him gone. Worse than his one eyed view of the reffing was his opinion of the match. Some moments of poor quality from both sides but overall an entertaining game and a good arm wrestle with plenty of aggression and skill. And he made it sound like a bag of poop. Do not like that negative and unpleasant man