Good to know for future reference kids - if you want to get the referee out of your way take a proper run at him and knock him to the ground

Tonie Carroll managed to knock out a ref (accidentally) with something like that, and the attacking play was brought back. Practically saved a try. Not that I'm suggesting it as a tactic, mind...

Aye. Straight penalty, can't argue with it being an 8 point try - [ican[/i argue about lack of consistency where other clearer examples of foul play committed in the act of scoring a try go unpenalised.

Also, for future reference, it's one of your teams' players that need to do this - if you leap out from a stand and floor the referee yourself you might find yourself in a bit of bother with the cops ....

To help Foster's decision making, they should splice together the Whitehead and the Pryce incidents, fix him to a chair Clockwork Orange -stylee and play them on a loop with a commentary "don't kick this, kick that".

Watched the game again last night and I am still hacked off with Silverwood. A clueless display both ways.

Then I watched SL full time. Wakefield conceeded on the 7th tackle and Catalan scoring off a clear as day knock on. We were lucky to get Silverwood on that basis.

Another "coach" needs sacking at Redhall.

Another spindless performance from Silverwood tonight.

from a wigan point of view would of benifited us he did sin both of them.

Weak

"If he'd have landed on his head, you'd have been off."

Weak, spineless refereeing. Punish the offence, not the outcome.

Can't disagree, there.

He'll sin bin you if you interfere at the PTB though!!

And quite rightly so. I mean, it's one thing risking snapping someone's spine, but another thing entirely stopping a team playing the ball in a timely fashion!

I'm usually the first to defend referees but from what I've seen of Silverwood so far this season, I can find little if anything to defend.

If Alibert can be disciplined for a maths malfunction, Silverwood shouldn't be allowed back in SuperLeague at all. Didn't he get disciplined last year for being a nob at Huddersfield?

Yep, also he got in the way of play again tonight. He was pushed by a Wigan player because he was stood in the way! That's the Leeds, Bradford and Wigan games he's done it.

had a shocker tonight.... gave the pies everything... we still won though.

Nothing more to be said really. It's going to take a broken back or neck before the lily livered Silverwood sends anyone off rather than copping out and putting them on report.

He will require an x-ray certified by two doctors first though

Be surprised if he knew where he was tonight. Shocking display.

Quite funny that people were taking the mickey out of Alibert the other week (as he would have had this game tonight) yet I think he would have put in a much better performance than Silverwood did tonight. He was awful.

Still, he does have another chance to make up for it as he will have his mandatory Warrington v St Helens game next week.

Remember Silverwood when he was in his teens. before Super League,
used to go in the Taverners club at Headingley with his father George,
I think they called him. Not got a problem with this, but a bit bored & thought I'd
mention it.

The standard of refereeing across the board has been dire this season. Cummins quite frankly needs to go.

The only Brit I can think of who should even be allowed to replace him however, is Russell Smith. What's the odds on the RFL trying to get a top Aussie ref (Don't get to watch NRL, so don't know any names) to run the show?

Consistency is silverwood's main issue IMO...

He sent off Sam Moa for a shoulder charge, yet allowed Elima to stay on for an elbow in the face of Gaskell and Lauaki stays on after one of the most dangerous tackles I have seen in SL because "he was lucky he landed on his back", after he was already on report for leading with the forearm

Furthermore he puts Foster in the sin bin and gives an 8 point try against him for a foul after the try was scored, yet Leuluai drops late on Briers after he scored on Friday and no further action is taken.

It just seems that one week an offense is punished and the next a similar (or even worse) incident goes unpunished and if we are to improve our game we need to make sure the refs get a grip with the rules and are consistent

THE MAN IS JOKE. after bottling any sin bins on friday, today he goes and bins ben cross for a tackle that WAS NOT LATE then ONLY bins a london player who was a week late and lead with the elbow.

Ol' white boots has got the Anzac gig again!