Rowley bemused by decisions in Saints' loss to Wigan

St Helens head coach Paul Rowley has questioned the refereeing after his side's 16-14 Super League loss to Wigan Warriors; Saints had four successful captain's challenges and Jack Welsby was sent to the sin-bin twice in the Magic Weekend encounter

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>St Helens head coach Paul Rowley questioned referee Chris Kendall after his side's agonising 16-14 Super League defeat to derby foes Wigan Warriors at Magic Weekend.

>Saints were awarded a penalty following a captain's challenge with no time remaining when it was adjudged that Harry Robertson had been pulled back chasing his kick.

>However, Jackson Hastings missed the conversion attempt that would have levelled the game at 16-16 and taken what was an already nail-biting contest into golden point.

>The game also saw a multitude of scuffles and subsequently players sent to the sin-bin. Indeed, there was a coming together from the opening play of the game when David Klemmer ran into Brad O'Neill.

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>St Helens full-back Jack Welsby was sent to the sin-bin twice, once for a professional foul and once for a coming together with O'Neill. The Wigan hooker also saw yellow for the same incident.

>Discussing the refereeing throughout the encounter, Rowley called out the fact that his side had four successful captain's challenges.

>"We won four captain's challenges, which is quite unique, I would suspect," Rowley said.

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>"That means four things got missed in that respect, but we challenged and got them, so that's great. That's what captain's challenge is for.

>"The 'on report' [call] troubled me a bit more because there's a review, there's two jumbo screens at this ground... and there's contact with the head.

>"It's two points [from a penalty] all day long. As a result, Wigan go up the other end and score six points.

>"We should be good enough to defend it, but I think the 'on report' [call] is not the right way of going.

>"It prevents the use of a green card, if a green card is valid then one should be shown.

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>Rowley was also bemused by the second yellow card Welsby received for his scuffle with O'Neill.

>"I thought the second sin-bin was ridiculous for Jack, I'm not sure what he's done there," he added.

>"We are disappointed with the first one and Jack will be disappointed with it, too, but [not] the second one."

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