HITTING THE WRONG TARGETS
AFTER THE RFL judicial panel’s virtue signalling and pandering to the woke brigade over the Josh McGuire issue and the subsequent vicious ban, it is no surprise to Warrington supporters to see a further example of the panel’s ineptitude in their savage judgement on Paul Vaughan.
What was no more than a slight tug of the jersey to prevent self-confessed time wasting was considered by the panel to have the potential to cause serious injury.
Surely in a collision sport every action has the potential to cause serious injury. Does this mean that the sport should be banned entirely?
In the British game this year, Paul Vaughan has proved himself to be the kind of fair, tough, hardworking, whole-hearted and skilful forward who is a credit to the game.
By referring to past indiscretions, including those outside of their jurisdiction, the disciplinary panel make him out to be some kind of inveterate thug, which he clearly is not.
It is the thuggery and extreme gamesmanship, which we see every week, that the panel should be looking to eradicate, not passing venomous penalties for minor indiscretions.
John O’Dwyer, Warrington
SOMETHING ROTTEN
‘Something rotten in the state of Denmark’ springs to mind after watching referee Liam Moore’s performance in the Leigh v Wigan game.
How on earth can the RFL sanction a referee born in Billinge, Wigan, to officiate in a match of such importance, with three teams vying for the League Leaders’ Shield?
Whether he is impartial or not, for any neutral watching, it is unbelievable that this situation is allowed. His performance is always going to be brought into question, especially when he makes such a controversial decision as to disallow a perfectly good Leigh try - the type of try you see being scored every day of the week without any question of its validity.
Not only could Leigh have gone on to win the match to seal fourth place and generate revenue for the club, but Catalans should also feel aggrieved as they would have won the League Leaders’ Shield.
I believe Wigan deserve to win the Shield as they have been the best team in the competition, especially with the raft of talented young forwards they are bringing through, but surely not in this manner.