Thought the holding down was ok, just, Taylor should have passed it straight onto Watts, only Penny in his way.



Backing up is poor again (could be fatigue) number of times players promoted the ball and no one there, Mini went mad at one point.

There is only shaul in the team with any pace, so if he makes a break nobody is going to be near him

The holding down on e Shaul break was not ok. Taylor won the collision, he was facing their line. Lineham was all over him (4 seconds) . Penalty later in the game for holding was given for just a 2 second delay. Wrong decision which should have resulted in a yellow card.



A decision which confused me was the penalty against mini for a pass off the floor. In the current game after a tackle is deemed complete if the ball carrier doesn't play the ball the ref call for the ball to be played at the spot of the tackle and not a penalty. Minis ball carrying arm touched the ground, fair enough. But why not instruct the player to play the ball?

'high tackle' by michaels which was patently not was another of his mistakes. timing of poor decions by officials very much had a bearing on the outcome despite us being pants

That's a pretty low bar to clear though.



He got a lot of big decisions wrong, and the majority went against us. Just because we were e doesn't excuse the officials for being terrible.

Well if he gets appointed to the Wigan game, this forum will go into meltdown AND RIGHTLY SO.

That's for when the referee calls held and the player doesn't hear it or if the pass is at the same time as the call. When a player passes after he knowingly ends the tackle by his ball carrying arm hitting the ground it is a penalty.

It is the rule but it's stupid that in one instance you get penalised and in the other you get to play the ball and the only difference is taht the ref hasn't shouted held. The rules should be the same for both

I disagree with some of the chat about Russell dragging his heels getting back onside. That particular play was all but in line with where I was sat in the west stand. I think he knew exactly where he was on the pitch and what he was doing !! With the momentum we had at that point in the game, I think it was definitely a professional foul. And should have been dealt with as such.

How come you never blame the ref when you win?

Read the opening post dopey and you'll see im not blaming the ref for us losing - just questioning some of his poor decisions

OK thicko, why do you seem to question the refs decisions when you lose? Do you usually have a thread on the ref when you win? NO, Get over it.

For me there were a few errors but as others have said, our play was our downfall, not the reffing team.



1. The third chuckle brother running the line should have seen the forward pass for their try

2. The laying on was no different to Talanoa against Wakey. Should have been a penalty and 10 minutes (for consistency)

3. The other TJ saw the foul play (Watts shoulder) yet didn't think it significant to call until the Wire play broke down shortly after. If its foul play it should be called straight away. Advantage is the refs call not the TJs.



No problem with the rest of it or the result. We made too many mistakes and didn't play smart when we had the ball.

Not forgetting he should also have seen the ball before it hit his, proves how observant these guys are......not!



For me the standard of officiating has slowly got worse and to be honest when you have someone like Ganson as the Ref in Chief should we really expect anything different.

Unfortunately there are a few ref's that act as though they are the focal point of the sport and this shows in perfomances. Listening to Cummins on Sky even he still defends the ref's to the point of blind loyalty even when its clear the officials have made a bad mistake.

Yes mistakes happen but its not so much the mistakes that are the issue its the fundemental lack of consistency across the board in the officiating.



The rule of Try/No Try should be removed as its just makes the game a complete joke, I'm all for technology helping but the over reliance on it by the ref's is SL is embarrasing and they should back their own judgement instead of bottling decisions and refering a large number to the screen.