Hull boss Brett Hodgson on Luke Gale red card & ‘better team’ St Helens

Hull FC coach Brett Hodgson reserved his judgement on Luke Gale’s red card in their defeat to St Helens, but has called more consistency in the officiating.

England international Gale was sent off for chasing down a Jonny Lomax kick with his studs up in Hull’s 38-6 defeat to St Helens on Saturday.

It was the fourth red card nine matches into the new season and referee Chris Kendall also issued a yellow to Hull centre Connor Wynne for a dangerous tackle on Jack Welsby.

Hull head coach Brett Hodgson said Wynne was harshly treated but reserved his judgement on Gale.

He said: “I had limited footage. His foot went out but I don’t know how much contact there was and I don’t want to suggest otherwise until I see some clear vision.

“It’s hugely frustrating, you just want consistency and the message to be the same in every game every week.

“With Connor Wynne, the player literally jumped and put his own head into the ground and they sent him off for a yellow card. I think it was very harshly dealt with.”

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Hodgson added: “I’m super proud of the effort of my players, who kept working as hard as they could.

“But when you lose your half-back, you’re lost for options a little bit. There were some disappointing moments out there, some our own doing but some that were not necessarily in our control.

“What I would say as well is that St Helens were the better team. We tried hard but were just not good enough. There were lessons we got taught today that we need to be better at.”

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