Is he really bad at kicking or is it a tactic to let almost every kick be caught on the full? I know some of the kicks are very long OR are up in the air for a while but a lot of them are bog standard and down the throat of the defence. When we think about bygone good kickers like Sinfield, Deacon, ...

Byrne injured in warm up

Great figures for BBC but 80,000 for Sky? Surely not.

The current shenanigans about ticketin has lead me to reflect on how difficult it is now to watch a game of rugby especially for a casual or occasional spectator who isn't a season ticket holder. We once had cash pay on the day turnstiles when a casual speccy might say its a nice day I will go and ...

Keeping everything crossed for Mike Cooper. The guy deserves some luck and hopefully it’s not a long term one again. I’m not sure he’d have got back on the field had it been as bad as last time so hopefully that’s a good sign. Does make you wonder whether he was brought back to early and questionin...

I'm sure that, in the first game of the season, one of the Hull players was taken off for a HIA using data received from his mouth guard. The commentators mentioned it. Why wasn’t Thompson? It suggests that they are not functioning correctly. How can you make that suggestion without having any info...

Why, when the sold out signs were up, were there still empty seats and a crowd figure of only 24,091, when the capacity is 25,032? Is this another RFL cock up? The actual capacity for the DW is 25,133. But H&S rules that it cannot have a full capacity now. The Good Friday game v St Helens in 20...

I’ve not watched it back yet but watching it live l also thought Kade Ellis was absolutely magnificent, never taking a backward step, repeatedly taking the ball into heavy contact without being bullied, and tackling anything that was in reach even when he must have been out on his feet. I also thin...

Just watched game back and its amazing how you get another outlook.Wigans second was forward but i said that at the match as i was in lone with it.Penrith’s second was not a six again as edwards clearly milked it.I honest believe wardle just got the ball down and having paused the french try he was...

Thought the game highlighted the difference in physicality between SL and the NRL. They were on another level. We also got the "rub of the green" more than I can remember a Wigan side ever getting in 40 years watching the team. That said, Wigan really did dig deep and that alone has to be...