Phil Bentham.

He's only reffed Wigan twice this season, at Bradford and at home to Quins.



Third time lucky, please.


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Video ref Steve Ganson.

Lord help us.

At least its not James Child.

Bradford will be happy with their ref

Waiting for someone on their board to post the news .. then i'll go grab the popcorn.

If his interpretation so far this season is any indication there will be no need for anyone to play the ball correctly this week then.

You really know my Achilles heel don't you.

It's already on there mate. They reckon he'll favour Warrington and give them points. Warrington hate him, he is the worst ref in the league and it guarantees the Bulls at least 12 points. Almost certainly means that he'll have the game of his life. Well, maybe not.

Is it your eyesight if you still think Pryce's fourth try was a sound call from the officials.



The ability to play the ball correctly (IMO) should be a required skill of the game.

The dumbing down, shortcut approach adopted by the coaches and more or less ignored by the officials highlights why we'll never win a series against the Australians again.

I don't think rolling the ball under the foot without touching it is the reason we don't beat the aussies.

But I assume you mean in general, rather than just the play the ball.

If the game is reffed at the speed of previous weeks Wigan could be undone. Bentham keeps a quick play the ball the pies will suffer. Just look at how many points they are shipping.

Of course it was a try


I've been having a "discussion" on the Saints board on the play the ball. I've given trying to convince them but I did raise a smile last week when Jon Wilkin on Radio Manchester admitted that they were coached not to play the ball with the foot.
It's getting ridiculous, almost 80% of the time the ball is played incorrectly. There is moaning about slowing the play the ball down, something I have no problem with, providing the ball is played correctly.
Saints are masters at it, watch how many times they crash over from a first pass incorrect play the ball close to the line.
Emmitts try on Friday was a perfect example.

I know all teams do it, and IMO it produces far too many scoots from dummy half.
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I told you you shouldn't have mentioned it, I'm going for a whisky to calm myself down. We'll be in the supporters club on Saturday if you fancy a pre game chat.

Does that then mean that O'Loughlin will be sin binned quite early on for his third into the tackle holding down move? Although I have noted they take it in turns now! Also, TVOC has told me to stand that little bit further up the south stand as he doesn't want Pryce standing on my toes on his way to score a try.....

Anyway Rouges, would you like a lift? Departing Chorley at 1200 if you are interested - three doors down from your number 31!!!