: Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:40 pm  

[quote="Loop"]Should have been Terry Halibut he's done a good job so far this season.


would he have put his heart and sole in to it ???

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:29 pm  

tvoc wrote:

Penalties to Leeds 14 - against Leeds 13.

27 in Rugby League, what is the world coming to.

poop. That's a lot. I got that one wrong as well.

I didn't see that much pratting around at the PTB either?

: Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:29 am  

TBH nothing surprised me about the ref after watching the catalan/wire game!!

: Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:51 am  

In many respects, it's the problem that we will always have whilst the Super League, NRL and International game persist with different rules and interpretation of them.

We all know that the NRL style is a slower, more physical "wrestling" style. Try that in the Super League and you'll be getting stung on every set.

In the end, the referee didn't get an awful lot wrong IMO apart from the incident with Lee Smith (presumably he pulled him for a quick play the ball?). The disagreements that we see at WCC and international level stem from a difference in rule interpretation and playing style, not referee error.

: Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:53 am  

bramleyrhino wrote:

We all know that the NRL style is a slower, more physical "wrestling" style. Try that in the Super League and you'll be getting stung on every set.

His management of the tackle area at Warrington was more SL in style, very keen to get players moving off the tackled player. Continued that into the WCC, so I don't think there's much cause for complaint from a Leeds POV about the way he handled the game.

: Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:01 am  

Andy Gilder wrote:

His management of the tackle area at Warrington was more SL in style, very keen to get players moving off the tackled player. Continued that into the WCC, so I don't think there's much cause for complaint from a Leeds POV about the way he handled the game.

Absolutely no complaints with the result whatsoever..the better team on the day were the victors.

The hit another gear just after the break that we couldnt match but we hung in there and had a couple of decisions ( not both the referees by the way) gone our way it could have been even closer at the end.

IMHO there isnt a huge gap between the top SL and the NRL club sides.

DoubleAone wrote:

Having expressed some prior concern on the forum about his "style" I do feel it had some bearing on the game and perhaps even the outcome.

I usually take the view that over the full 80 things tend to balance themselves out fairly even but I must confess to feeling slightly agrieved about some crucial decisions.
WHY ????? couldnt we have had a neutral ref from NZ say.

Need to watch the game back again to come to a more considered view.