I thought he didn't like Wakefield but seems he doesn't like you lot either. disgraceful as a ref.

No point blaming the ref. We had plenty of penalties in that game, enough to win a couple of games.

While I agree he is an awful ref don't think he had it in for us. We lost to the better team on the night. I think he is poor for most teams

I agree there isn't any point in blaming the ref, the blame lies with the players - they were very poor... However, the ref is totally inept - he shouldn't be reffing SL grade Rugby League - he makes every game VERY, VERY frustrating to watch and some of his decisions are baffling.



Sinfield challenged him on the late knock and said "By who?" Child responded "Not sure which player" - HOW!? and HOW!? did he not see that try that was disallowed, he gave it as a try yet there was about 4 inch of separation between the hand and the ball - he had his head at near enough ground level!

He was appalling tonight. Pretty much every knock-on/strip/six more decision he got wrong, it was almost uncanny for both sides.



When he sent the Turner drop upstairs as a try when he was stood in perfect position about a foot away from it said it all.

It's comical how many of his decisions are the result of just pure guesswork. It's no wonder players get frustrated, which leads to tempers boiling over and games becoming indisciplined.



That he is considered to be among the six best match officials in the UK shows how far the officials department at the RFL regressed under the "leadership" of Jon Sharp. Thankfully, he's gone although I have absolutely no confidence in a better successor being appointed. Probably just keep it in house and give it to Ganson.

It's the constant laying on and inconsistent ref decisions that annoying me

Yes poor but think we need to adopt the same system the nrl does. The video ref helps out during play with tight calls or foul play missed. People will complain saying it will slow game down but seen loads of nrl and it doesnt.

Saints very much worthy winners tonight and this isn't a gripe about the result but about the standard of refereeing.



Thaler is the best by an absolute country mile and I have hopes that the new young one (is it Joe Cobb?) could be a good ref. The rest vary from merely acceptable to poor. Some due to ego, some due to narrow interpretations, some due to unwillingness to adapt etc etc.



At the moment, unless we get Thaler, I have no confidence the game will be reffed very well.

I won't blame the ref, he got lots wrong on the night and was inept in both directions. We just weren't good enough on the night. Hope the lads get can get their heads back on before next week or all the premature talk of a treble will look very stupid,

Nail on the head right there.



Tonight proved his ineptitude, the video showed repeatedly when he was guessing, because he gave decisions for things that didn't happen.



I despise him as a referee. He isn't biased, he's incompetent.



He isn't the reason Leeds lost tonight, they did all that damage themselves; but he is the only official I get wound up by when watching a game as a neutral.

Yes the ref is consistently incompetent;our performance was poor tonight,but saints were fresher mentally and physically.Wembley was a big drain.I do feel we contrived to make Burns and Wilkin look world class when they ain't.If we had a classless coach like Cunningham that performance may have been described as embarrassing.