Wilkin may get a ban? How so? That surely isn't possible. He was sin binned and never placed on report. I would eat my hat if they managed to pull him for that. Sure he ran in to someone elses fight, but all he did was knock Sculthorpe off Higham.
As mentioned Terry Newton needs to be sorted out. I don't mind players getting overheated, particularly in derby games, but he was like that from the start of the game. He was full of rage and set about the heads of as many St Helens players as his fat frame could get him near. His high shot on Gilmour was premeditated and that alone should have been a red card and a long ban. Jamie Lyon was on Sky telling the ref that Newton would get 10 matches for that in Australia, and he's right.
The attack on Sean Long was just disgusting. I wouldn't mind seeing Long sue him for it. The 'tackle' was very, very late, it was high and it was with the point of the elbow to Long's eye socket. There is a sickening picture knocking about which shows the point of impact. Again, the intention to hurt was quite obvious. For Newton to laugh about and slap Long on the head and say 'Got ya' or whatever is just more sign of the true scum he is.
It made me laugh that as Newton was charging about trying to kill people, having attacked the Saints player who was playing the ball, he left himself out of position and Cunningham scored close in from dummy half, where Newton should have been defending. It didn't bother Newton one bit, the score was irrelevant to him. Good on Millward for taking him off.
I hope the RFL make an example of him and hand out a massive ban. He couldn't complain if he got 20 games or something similar. Long got that for betting on a game he wasn't involved in, Newton tries to kill people and will probably, knowing the RFL and their under the carpet approach to ill discipline, get off with a 2 match ban, or less.
His behaviour spoiled what was otherwise a fantastic full-blooded derby, played in the right spirit.
