Said on sky that Sean Wane spoke to Richard Silverwood at half time to ask what Wigan needed to do to stop giving away penalties. Eddie commented on whether that is allowed.

Anyone know if it is?

It's Wigan. It's allowed.

At least they still lost

And that's the bottom line....

That just about sums it up.

If the rules of our game were clear, and not so much down to ref interpretation and how they decide to referee that day, teams would know and wouldn't need to ask the referee.

All too often it depends on if the ref get's out the wrong side of bed.

If steve ganson has a bad nights sleep, you get a game with 30 penalties and 5 sin binnings.

I dont blame them for asking, it's a joke.

just a bit of wigan gamesmanship once more to sway the ref,get him on their side

Typical Wigan talking to the referee at half time.

Has any other coach from any other club ever done this?

Disgraceful.

I've no problem with it. In fact one of the issues I have with refereeing at the moment, especially with Steve Ganson, is the lack of explanation to players about offences and how to avoid them.

The referee should be looking to give as few a penalties as possible but punish every offence, this can only be achieved through talking to players.

It should be done on the field though rather than in the changing rooms.

The referee shouldn't have to advise any player on what he is doing right or wrong, that is the managers job. It's why we've now got the ridiculous situation of defenders sprawling all over attackers whilst looking round at the ref waiting for him to tell them when to climb off. If players aren't getting back ten yards or not standing square etc just penalise them,they'll soon get the message. Most players know when they are committing an offence, most forward passes are intentional and players should be penalised for such blatant offences.

Shame itstaken two years for refs to deal with it

Agree with the first part but not the bit about forward passes. It's not rocket science, if they're getting pinged for being offside, I'm sure it doesn't take a a conversation with the referee to work out where what they need to change!