Hull KR boss Willie Peters slams disciplinary outcome after 'disturbing' Wembley tackle on Bill Leyland

Sam Walters received a late red card and a subsequent ban for dumping Leyland on his head despite Nsemba's involvement.

Nsemba went unpunished on the day and escaped retrospective action.

"I was very disappointed and have made that known," said Peters. "That tackle is one of the worst I've seen.

"It's both players' responsibility in that instance. I was pretty shocked, to be honest, for Junior not to be suspended as well. I don't know what numbers it should have been but Junior certainly, I believe, added to Bill being put into the position he was in.

"I've been told differently. I've made it clear that nothing is going to change my mind on that."

Leyland bounced back up to finish the game but was sent to hospital as a precaution.

After receiving the all-clear, the hooker is available for Saturday's Super League trip to Wakefield Trinity.

"Bill was very shaken," added Peters.

"He's tender but he's okay. We sent him for some scans to make sure everything was okay.

"Obviously his family, his mum, were very shaken. It was a disturbing tackle. To be put in that position, we’re so thankful nothing came out of it.

"I'm not saying the Wigan players went out to deliberately do that but everyone has a responsibility in player safety. It was a really disturbing tackle."

Leyland gained attention earlier this year when he scored two late tries as a loanee for St Helens in their dramatic comeback win over their fierce rivals.

Wigan boss Matt Peet later claimed that Saints had "lost their identity", suggesting they overcelebrated a victory earned by a loan player.

Leyland found himself at the centre of that row but Peters insisted he did not receive special treatment at Wembley.

"I want to make sure I get this message across: I'm not saying Wigan went out to intentionally put Bill in that position," said Peters.

"But there was some intent, in the right way, about what Wigan did to every player. I'm talking separate from that tackle.

"They played that game the way it should be played – physical and with intent about what they did.

"You look through that game and it wasn't just that they were going after Bill – they were going after everyone."

Wigan ended the match with 12 men following Walters' dismissal but Harry Smith avoided a yellow card for a high tackle on Tom Davies earlier in the game. He later received a one-match ban for the incident.

"It is what it is," said Peters.

"I know it was early in the game and you think it could have made a difference – but we got beat convincingly 40-10.

"I'm not going to go into that."

Rovers will be without Dean Hadley at Belle Vue after he sustained a concussion in the final but Mikey Lewis is set to be available following an injury scare.

Tevita Pangai Junior is a potential debutant should he prove his fitness.

"We'll name Tevita this week and just see whether he's ready to go," said Peters.

"He had a bit of a calf issue. We need to see whether he'll be ready this week or possibly next."