We are not even allowed to tackle around the legs now! Madness.

Don't be so stupid. You know exactly why that penalty was given.

Can't defend Lima there... a ridiculous thing to do, its possible he didnt see Clarkson fall back but only he knows what was in it.



Either way he's going to recieve yet another ban.

no doubt. He's lucky not to have gotten a lamping tonight.

He tackled round the legs, do you really think Lima went into that tackle with the intention of the Leeds players leg being in that position? It was not on purpose.

the tackle started around the thigh and slipped down FFS, it was unfortunate not deliberate!

it was intended to cause injury to his opponent.....its illegal, simple as !!

watch it again!

I dont doubt it could of caused injury because of the way the player fell but the tackle started on the thigh

It's the fact that he attacked below the knee when there were already two Wigan players on top of the player. If the knee gives way then a serious injury usually results, even your own fans think it was stupid.
Good comeback by Wigan though.

Tackle started at the thigh, Lima realised that the tackle could become a problem and let go.

Initial contact was on the thigh. Games going soft.

yeap, we will be playing tag rugby soon.

how on earth do you know what his intention was?

he was standing with 2 legs wasnt he?

Nothing wrong with the tackle at all, tackled player was still moving.

Lima should get a ban for that. He went in to hurt the player by attacking the knee. Cowardly and could have even be a red.

if it was dealt with by the sin-bin then is that not punishment served?

Yah all , absolute joke of a yellow

Lima was unlucky i thought. He did start the tackle above the knee and seemed very shocked to be sin binned. He will get banned though as we know what the RFL are like plus they will be fuming after that finish

I think the reason he was shaking his head in disagreement so much was because of it beginning on the thigh. He knows he'll have been punished for it slipping down to below the knee. A sin bin sufficed in my opinion, but he'll probably miss the Catalans and Hull KR games.

I though the fact he had been sin-binned negated any further action?

Initial contact was with the thigh and he slipped down. Once he went down he should have got up but he stayed on the leg when the player was on the ground. Correct sin bin for putting pressire on the knee but intial contact was above the knee. That should be as far as it goes but we al know the bent ones on Monday will be desperate to give him a ban.

Thought it looked a poor tackle, but on the replay you can see the contact started high and slipped down. The tackle gets condemned by the commentators but when Cross tries to punch Sam its OK because "he niggles". Double standards again!

Game going soft talking out of experience after someone doing exactly what lima did to me causing me to rip the ligaments in my knee.

It's a dangerous tackle, ref seen it and dealt with it he might get a game ban.

Should the players up top be cited as they were perhaps more culpable of "grappling"? Not that I'd be too surprised--or even disappointed--to see Lima banned. Seems a bit of a liability, whether intentionally so or not.