Hull KR 11-10 Wigan Warriors: Willie Peters gives his verdict on Joe Shorrocks' red card in the Challenge Cup semi-final

Willie Peters believes it was a harsh decision to show Joe Shorrocks a red card in the Challenge Cup semi-final tie between Hull KR and Wigan Warriors.
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The Robins progressed to the final after Brad Schneider kicked the winning drop-goal in golden point to give the Yorkshire club a 11-10 victory at Headingley.

Wigan played the majority of the second half with 12-men after Shorrocks made contact with the head of Mikey Lewis using his shoulder.

"I haven’t had a good look at it,” Peters said.

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"I don’t know if it was a red, maybe 10 minutes to be honest.

"It was one of those that I felt was a definite 10, but I don’t know if it was a red.

"When I looked at the replay really quickly, my first thought was 10.

"Mikey (Lewis) was okay. We’ve had a lot of HIAs this year, if anything was wrong with him then our doctors would’ve been onto that.”

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Hull KR will now face Leigh Leopards in the Challenge Cup final at Wembley, after Adrian Lam’s beat St Helens 12-10 at the Halliwell Jones Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

"It’s cool,” Peters added.

"Leigh are doing some wonderful things this year. Coming up from the Championship, they’ve got a quality team.

"Hull KR aren’t known as one of the bigger clubs either, so to have two teams like that in a Wembley final is great for the game.

"It’s proving to be an even competition.

"Getting to the final is amazing for the players- they did it, not me.”