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'It's a disgrace' - Phil Clarke's fury after controversial Richie Myler incident

Phil Clarke didn't hold back in his assessment of that controversial moment in Leeds Rhinos' win over Huddersfield Giants. Everyone is talking about the incident surrounding Richie Myler and Chris Hill that saw the latter sin-binned minutes before Blake Austin scored a last-minute winner.

Though Clarke's Sky Sports colleague Jon Wilkin praised Myler for an act of "gamesmanship", Clarke was of a very different opinion. The Wigan Warriors great was all fired up before being asked about the matter by Brian Carney, and he wasted no time letting his feelings known when given the opportunity.

"I totally disagree with what Jon Wilkin said in commentary there that that's clever play and should be complimented," he said. "It's a disgrace, we brought in a rule a few years ago when people were cheating and passing a ball into an opponent intentionally to get a penalty, we penalised the cheating.

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