*Sigh*

Hopefully tomorrow's game is allowed to be more even by the officials.

I have no doubt whatsoever that had this game been in France the exact same incidents would have been refereed differently.

Now then, do we think the RFL didn't want Catalans to win due to the poor attendance at the GF if they did ??


.....well you were all thinking it

I can't wait to see Wellens' tears at Old Trafford again.

The RFL and tonight's officials need to hang their heads in shame.

Not sure when the outcome was decided but very little to do with the 2 teams on the field tonight.

Catalan deserve an apology

Obviously winning this match for us is equal from the impossible.

But we can all say that the referee is helping a lot St Helens, and they do not this to win. Classic RFL



This game could be cool to watch and unfortunaly, this is a shocker.

We were penalised for the same thing vs huddersfield and vs Cas 2 weeks ago...

Soliola hits someone with a shoulder charge to the back again and gets away with it...

i can't comment as i didn't see those but IF it was the same then it was the wrong call as well, like a lot that went your way.

I think McManus misheard when they said who do you want in the semi-final and answered "Silverwood".

Like a lot that went Catalans way but was brushed over by the Sky team as it didn't fit in with the "poor tired catalans" mantra.

I don't disagree that the ref was very very poor, but it wasn't a 1 way street.

Kudos to Ian Henderson, Laurent Frayssinous & David Waite for the post-match interviews - Would have been very easy for them to feel extremely hard done by.

just look on every board and see if your opinion fits, usually the majority are correct.

Atrocious refereeing display, what little chance the tired Catalan side had was spoilt by Silverwood and co

I also find the majority were supporting catalans (like Sky) and therefore agreed with their summation.

Hey ho. Good luck tomorrow.

we had a try disallowed last week, a try that would have probably won us the game..no qualms,it was a correct call.
tonight i see the same thing happen twice by a saints player and yet it's allowed!

consistency!!

Crowds are going down because the product on offer is getting worse.

It's always been that way to my knowledge, games can be ruined by poor reffing, always have. Only difference between watching a game now and in the 80's is the amount of HD camera angles and scrutiny the refs are under. I'd be surprised if the refs have much to do with the crowds imo, but hey what do I know.

Not that's an excuse because Silverwood was garbage.

Catalans only got past Leeds because of two dreadful refereeing decisions giving them tries that shouldn't have been allowed but no fuss was made because they were the underdogs. Too many important games are being decided by the sort of weak, poor or lopsided refereeing performances that full time officials and video technology were supposed to eliminate. It's embarrassing.

I counted 5 calls that went against Catalans in the first 15 minutes of the match. Not even 50-50 calls, absolute objective clear-cut decisions that required no interpretation at all. Stopped caring too much after that. You know it's come to something when even Stuart Cummins admits on more than one occasion that the referee has been biased in favor of one team.
Which decisions were these?

The Zeb Taia try was either a knock on or a double movement - he came down with the ball in his right hand and his left hand on the g ground in the in goal, then his right hand appeared empty (because he'd lost the ball) and he dragged it forward with his left hand to ground it. Watch it again and it's clear there is no possible way he legitimately scored a try.

The second one is the decisive try where half the Dragons defensive line was two yards ahead of the ref at the play the ball - it was irresponsible to not ask to check for onside.

Oh right, you mean the decisions that were categorically proved to be correct via numerous replays, as opposed to the decisions against Catalans tonight that were categorically proved to be wrong?

Well said Headhunter

Watch that Zeb Taia try again and you tell me how it's physically possible for him to have scored a legal try. Just because everybody agreed with a wrong decision doesn't make it right, categorically or otherwise.