Quote ="Deano G"An astonishingly good question, which our friends from Warrington have no answer to.
A Wolf whinged to me this morning that it was a bad tackle and Hansen should have been sent off.
They need to stop clutching at straws, admit they were well beaten and get over it.
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I've not watched the highlights yet but from what I saw it did look bad. I'm not saying Westwood's wasn't and he should have been sent off, but hey ho. That's how games go and karma was dished out so I think justice has been served
Back to the Ratchford injury, As I saw it, it did look like it was the legs but as many others have seen from the replays it was the hip/lower back. Whether it is the leg or not, I do think a late tackle anywhere below the waist should carry a penalty. If you hit the lower body in that situation the result 9/10 times will be a bad leg injury. even though he was pushing for progress I would still call it as late as he was barley moving, tackling the legs at that force when is basically stationary is a bit out of order but no doubt the tempers were flying. on the pitch we have no idea what the players are saying to each other. It's part of the game and players should expect it. BUT! As stated above it isn't illegal in superleague so Hansen wouldn't face a ban at all.
However I do think if the rule was in place then something may have been said. That's the basic point. For me it was a tad late, and a potential career ender. That's why they should be looked at more closely, that's all. Not trying to make excuses or make us seem like a team of angels because I know we are far from it. In a Wire Vs Wigan final what did we all expect? I for one am glad to see a bit of biff back in the game.
Its a hard game and these things happen, we were well beaten and I think you may have won anyway (Or the result will have been would have been tight) even with Joel ans Steph on the pitch. We went to sleep in the second half, had poor discipline and that's all there is to it.
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