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St Helens hard done by as Tomkins and Wilkin in disagreement with match officials
It was one of several major talking points in the game!
Sky Sports pundits Sam Tomkins and Jon Wilkin felt St Helens were hard done by after having a try disallowed in their game with Leigh Leopards. Tommy Makinson thought he had opened the scoring for Saints after racing home to the corner in a high-octane clash at LSV.
However, the try was disallowed upon review from the video referee, with Ben Thaler deciding that Lachlan Lam had been impeded by Sione Mata'utia in the buildup. The incident had gone upstairs as a try, but it was determined that there was sufficient evidence to overturn the on-field decision.
However, both Tomkins and Wilkin disagreed, with neither believing the try should have been ruled out.
"I thought it was a try," Tomkins said at half-time. "Lachlan Lam knows exactly what he's doing there, he knows if he gets bumped, it's going to get scratched. Not in a million years he is affecting that, he'd have scored anyway
"It raises the question about the tightness of defenders, he intentionally stars that to manipulate that situation. It's smart from him and uses the rules in his favour, start tight, run into somebody, penalty, no try."
Leigh would go on to establish a 12-0 lead after that, with John Asiata and Ricky Leutele scoring tries before half-time.
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