Another in a long line of bad refereeing decisions by Super League referees and James Child in particular.

If the RFL won't do anything about him then there needs to be a clear out at Red Hall too.

clear and intended contact to the head? not sure he had much choice, maybe a yellow? but in real time he had one look and it looked worse in real time than in slow motion replay

Why is it bad? Right decision for me.

Disgracful call, in my opinion that has come in reaction to last weeks show.

If that's a sending off i look forward to Wigan and most teams playing with 11 men most weeks!

Clear red card.

If he didn't send him off and put him on report instead you'd have a thread here moaning about Child not having the bottle to get the red card out.

Great to see a ref show some bottle. Good call.

As long as we see another half a dozen of those this weekend I heave no problem with it. There are probably 10 of those tackles every round.

Thought it was a really poor call. Most games would end 11 v 11 if some think that's a red.

Harsh decision based on what we see most weeks, but direct contact and first contact with head, player did not step him or was not slipping, red probably right decision.

Never a red.. If referees are being consistent. I'd be pretty annoyed if it had happened to my team as I think would any fan of any team saying it was the right decision.

Maybe a smidge on the harsh side but it's hardly a ridiculous decision. I can definitely see why Child has sent him off.

Players need to be more careful if they're going to go in with that kind of force.

Well then there should be a dozen red cards every Round then, as there at least similar if not worse tackles.

TBF, people go on about a lack of consistency in refs, but one thing they are all consistent in, is cocking things up.

I could it see why it maybe a yellow, but straight red? Nah, it's another blunder for Mr Child,

Correct call,but this patting on the head when a player makes a mistake does my chuff in.

He gave a red, fair enough. We can expect quite a few more then this weekend and in the near future.

A blatant attack to the head by teapot, correct decision, just a shame there’s no consistency on a weekly basis.

Who was the commentator who reckoned Child should have been lenient on compassionate grounds

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In fairness, it looked worse from the ref's view than it did from the sidelines.
Slightly harsh but, Griffin didn't miss !

child sent off ah van for the same type of tackle first game that was right as so was todays red if he was that upset then he should not be on the pitch mr mc dermot

Nice to see the Salford haters out in force (as usual) on RL Fans, red card my ass...........

I can't wait for the next high shot this weekend and beyond. witch hunt !!!!!!!!!!!!

i hate salford

No way it was a red card in my eyes unless you are going to see 3 or 4 reds every weekend. Didn't affect the game as Salford were dreadful in the first 40 however I thought it was a poor call.

Can anyone tell me the difference between the tackle that Ablett has done on Sarginson, and the Griffin red card tackle....Looked very very similar to me !!

Nowhere even close. A stray arm is nowhere near the same as flinging your body forward recklessly, which is what Griffin did.

Red card everytime. Cant believe its actually up for debate

Correct decision.

We'll soon have a surplus of match officials if these posts are anything to go by.

The future looks bright with all games being well covered