Re: Wigan v Sts discussion - THIS THREAD ONLY PLEASE : Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:24 pm  

MattyB wrote:

Are Saints not appealing the ban? They have form recently and it's proven to be mostly successful.

Believe the RFL made the decision, heard the first, second, third, fourth and fifth appeals this afternoon, then had a phone call from Saints lawyers and are currently awaiting word on when it will go to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. If that fails for Saints, they’re going to the European court of human rights in Strasbourg and failing that they’re going before the Britains Got Talent judges.

Re: Wigan v Sts discussion - THIS THREAD ONLY PLEASE : Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:28 pm  

NSW wrote:

Don’t think we’ve won at Saints in front of fans in about 6 years. Pretty sure it was under Wane.

That's right with the last win there played in 2020, during COVID, with no fans.

Re: Wigan v Sts discussion - THIS THREAD ONLY PLEASE : Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:02 am  

Phuzzy wrote:

Can't see why you would think that. Saints at home, unbeaten apart from the red card game and Wigan haven't won at your place in several years. Also, despite winning, we haven't been playing particularly well. Saints favourites although not by a lot.

Super League and World Club Champions against a team with no trophies, Wigan must be favourites.

Re: Wigan v Sts discussion - THIS THREAD ONLY PLEASE : Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:41 am  

Got to take into account that farmers field Saints play on, it no doubt suits their plough it down the middle bore the opposition Into submission approach to the game but for Wigan "The Entertainers" of the rugby league world it certainly doesn't do us any favours

Re: Wigan v Sts discussion - THIS THREAD ONLY PLEASE : Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:23 pm  

Bell lost his appeal and Asiata won his, they seem a tad upset over the lump

Re: Wigan v Sts discussion - THIS THREAD ONLY PLEASE : Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:12 pm  

Easy win for Wigan by 12-16 points

Re: Wigan v Sts discussion - THIS THREAD ONLY PLEASE : Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:22 pm  

apollosghost wrote:

Bell lost his appeal and Asiata won his, they seem a tad upset over the lump

Absolute joke that

Re: Wigan v Sts discussion - THIS THREAD ONLY PLEASE : Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:28 pm  

thesaint71 wrote:

Absolute joke that

All Wigan/Saints banter aside the Asiata decision is beyond baffling, I know he’s out for a long while so any ban would’ve been irrelevant but how he’s got away with diving in like that is staggering

Re: Wigan v Sts discussion - THIS THREAD ONLY PLEASE : Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:01 am  

apollosghost wrote:

All Wigan/Saints banter aside the Asiata decision is beyond baffling, I know he’s out for a long while so any ban would’ve been irrelevant but how he’s got away with diving in like that is staggering

Because first contact is above the knee I thought they would find it hard to uphold the charge. Still reckless though

Re: Wigan v Sts discussion - THIS THREAD ONLY PLEASE : Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:54 am  

Not sure what they expected with Bell. It looked like a potential hip drop which needs to be outlawed as much as possible so the game avoids injuries such as Coopers last year.