Quote knockersbumpMKII="knockersbumpMKII"No consistancy in officiating, you see players/kickers being taken out time and time again..often deliberately with barely an eyelid batted, the referee made the decision on the outcome (the prone player with an injury) NOT the attempted charge down which was innocuous (despite the injury) and is in no way reckless nor was it late. If he (JG) had being attempting a tackle then it wouldn't have being called either. If you are going to penalise this then have a look back at all the plays that haven't that are similar if not worse.. Oh and the laws don't seem to mention anything about contact with the legs when charging down FYI it's P39 www.sportingpulse.com/get_file.cgi?id=3476213'" Ref got it right. It's there in black & white. Seems a lot of people don't know the rules, including the commentators. Accidental or not, he's fouled the kicker.

Quote knockersbumpMKII="knockersbumpMKII"No consistancy in officiating, you see players/kickers being taken out time and time again..often deliberately with barely an eyelid batted, the referee made the decision on the outcome (the prone player with an injury) NOT the attempted charge down which was innocuous (despite the injury) and is in no way reckless nor was it late. If he (JG) had being attempting a tackle then it wouldn't have being called either. If you are going to penalise this then have a look back at all the plays that haven't that are similar if not worse.. Oh and the laws don't seem to mention anything about contact with the legs when charging down FYI it's P39 www.sportingpulse.com/get_file.cgi?id=3476213'" Ref got it right. It's there in black & white. Seems a lot of people don't know the rules, including the commentators. Accidental or not, he's fouled the kicker.

Even as a Wigan fan I miss those games. Real bitterness between the sides, some epic contests.



And Jon Wilkin getting dropped is always worth remembering.

James Graham - gets dropped from the England squad for boozing, bites another player's ear in the GF, spits dummy on a weekly basis = Let's make him England captain

Zak Hardaker - gets dropped from the England squad for boozing, gets caught on camera using a homophobic word, slaps a student = Sack him!

The decision that upset James Graham was so outrageous that the fans started hurling cans at the match officials as they left the pitch. One of the match officials fell to the ground. I do not condone such crowd behaviour. However it is something that rarely happens in the modern era, and this extreme crowd reaction shows how outrageous the referee decision was that upset James Graham.

Speaking of JG, has he got a kid brother? I saw a guy who was the spit of him in a Wigan pub last night.

Except it wasn't a foul:

Personally I'm disgusted that Hardakre has got away with next to nothing as punishment for criminal behaviour.



What's worse, a couple of punches in a Grand Final from Flower or going into student accommodation in the middle of the night and beating up one of the residents who challenged your right to be there?

Hang on, so the situation when a drop goal attempt is treated differently by the laws than an 'ordinary' cross-kick or grubber? Surely there are circumstances where defenders (and refs) can't tell for sure which it is?

In the opinion of the referee it was

Oh here we go





Were you there? It sounds like you know what happened.



He got a £200 fine and had to write an apology. That doesn't sound like the crime of the century to me, leaves a few questions unanswered and it was clearly not the one sided affair you seem to think it was.



Not that anyone mentioned Flower so i'm not sure what your point is but IMO what Flower did was worse than anything Hardaker or Graham have done, on or off the field.

The official laws contradict his opinion in this instance

Flower threw and landed punches, something that happens in EVERY game and it was in a retaliation to an elbow attack which resulted in that player being suspended.

Jammer Graham could have effectively ended a playing career. Jammers mouthing off is not good for the game, in fact its more disgraceful than Flowers punch, will he get a 6 month ban? Bearing in mind he doesnt play for wigan....