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

Aye but half of them have already called this one wrong.

Surely there's enough to criticise the refs about, like not sending players off for dangerous play, or getting a decision totally back to front, without splitting hairs over this?? It was direct first contact to the head, after all. At the very, very least, it was a yellow, but if it looked bad enough for a red in real-time to JC then you can't really moan.

So, let me get this right, in your twisted little world no one's allowed to criticise referees unless they're willing to be a referee?

Is that what you're saying?

Everyone hates Salford, we're all just jealous of the success their rich owner has brought to them......erm !!!

I was surprised he gave a red but in the context of the rule book it was the correct decision.

Agreed. My initial thought was yellow but it's bad enough to be borderline red card.

If the context of the rule book is applied in every game for every team then I don't have a problem. The problem is it's not and the rule book only applies to certain teams. I look forward to games with 10 men a side...

Scott grix hit escare's head with the shoulder, surely if the rule book is followed it should had been a red

And as we all know there isn't 2 refs in the land who apply the same decision/rules 2 games running !

Definite Red, Salford are fast becoming the Featherstone or Halifax or Bradford of the Super League

OK the event is over. Do you all feel that this was the only red card over the 6 matches?

What we are getting t here is consistency.

One other thing = I felt Joseph Cobb had anohter good TV game.

The RFL is always on the look out for more day officials, Why not apply if you think you can do a better job.

icon_smile.gif bit of a red rag that one pea!

Embarrassing seeing him say that, especially on a stage like magic weekend. He really does need to get a grip on his emotions. He isn't helping himself or his team.

Similar high shot by Huddersfield's Mullally on a Catalan player that resulted in nothing more than a telling off. No doubt we will get some forum defence lawyer thinking up a reason why the two incidents should be viewed differently.

I don't have a problem with the Griffin red but it feels at times like Salford are playing to a different rule book to everyone else this year.

As it says here (almost) : www.therfl.co.uk/the-rfl/disciplinary/item?6476 Quote Player makes direct contact to head of opponent. Contact is not excessively forceful and is grabbing motion. Sending Off =#0080FFUnjustified. '"

As it says here (almost) : www.therfl.co.uk/the-rfl/disciplinary/item?6476 Quote Player makes direct contact to head of opponent. Contact is not excessively forceful and is grabbing motion. Sending Off =#0080FFUnjustified. '"

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only just watched it, never a red, first contact is with the (ball carrying) arm of the Widnes player whom at point of contact is well below shoulder level, look at the freeze frame & his right leg is bent.

The 'no charge' result backs up it shouldn't have been a red, the 'sending of sufficient' is indeed inaccurate..s

Poor Salford

how did the McGilvery "tackle" not get a mention in dispatches?!

Because it wasn't worth mentioning?