{"id":674304,"date":"2026-07-05T01:21:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T01:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/674304\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T01:21:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T01:21:14","slug":"jon-wilkin-calls-for-eight-match-ban-after-warrington-wolves-mans-shocking-tackle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/674304\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Wilkin calls for eight-match ban after Warrington Wolves man’s \u2018shocking\u2019 tackle"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Warrington Wolves could be set to lose Sam Powell to a long ban in the eyes of Jon Wilkin with the pundit heavily critical of the hooker\u2019s tackle on Leigh\u2019s Tesi Niu.<\/p>\n

Leigh ran out as comfortable 24-6 winners over Warrington<\/a> but the big issue for the Leopards was the knee injury sustained by Niu following Powell\u2019s hip drop tackle, for which he was sin binned.<\/p>\n

Warrington head coach Sam Burgess<\/a> spoke post-match on Sky, suggesting that Wolves\u2019 centre Arron Lindop was the victim of a similar tackle last week, with the offender Guillermo Aispuro-Bichet not sin-binned at the time.<\/p>\n

Wilkin would then disagree, claiming that the two tackles were very different, as he suggested that Powell could and should be banned for eight matches given that Aispuro-Bichet had copped a two-match ban for his offence.<\/p>\n

When asked, Burgess said: \u201cI\u2019m glad you brought up because the same tackle happened last week and no one went to the bin.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe that\u2019s a question you\u2019ve got to ask, why is it a different outcome today? The referee just had one of those days where it wasn\u2019t going our way today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reacting to that, Wilkin disagreed: \u201cI\u2019m sorry, I completely disagree with Sam Burgess. Aispuro-Bichet\u2019s tackle, you could spot after several angles of watching it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Sam Powell did that, I could not believe it wasn\u2019t a red card. That\u2019s an eight week ban, that\u2019s a shocking tackle, that (could) break someone\u2019s leg, that (could) end someone\u2019s career.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Aispuro-Bichet tackle for me was much more accidental in the process of spinning around.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Warrington Wolves tackle slammed by Jon Wilkin<\/p>\n

Speaking further on the Aispuro-Bichet tackle compared to the tackle by Powell, Wilkin admitted that last week\u2019s one went unseen whereas the incident today was clear from the start.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe missed it. We watched it five times so it was only when Sam mentioned it post-game that we had retrospective wisdom that the tackle might have been dodgy. We watched the game and we watched that tackle numerous times and we didn\u2019t pick up, whereas I saw Sam Powell\u2019s tackle today and I went \u2018yuck, that\u2019s rank\u2019. That\u2019s the difference for me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI respect Sam Burgess, he\u2019s got a jury of care to his players but they\u2019re not the same.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sam Tomkins agreed, admitting that Powell\u2019s tackle was \u2018clear\u2019, adding: \u201cIt wasn\u2019t clumsy, it was desperation from Sam Powell who was trying to hold on to Tesi Niu and he thinks the only way he can stop him is to fall to the ground, then he puts weight through the knee joint.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wilkin would clarify that the fact Niu may be sidelined for a while shouldn\u2019t factor into the possible ban for Powell as he maintained that it was an ugly tackle and should be punished regardless of the injury outcome.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t necessarily think we should judge how bad those tackles are on the the relevance of the injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cHad he not injured him, that should have been a card and maybe a red card. Aispuro-Bichet got two match but it wasn\u2019t detected during the game. We need to get rid of those tackles.\u201d<\/p>\n

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