Is it me, or are there two sets of rules being played here. Now don't get me wrong, the Crusaders deserve to lose by 50 points for their performance. It's not like Silverwood is helping their chances of getting anything in this match though.

Crusaders hold a player for 3 seconds, penalty!

Bradford player has 3 goes at a Crusaders player, Crusaders player gets told to play the ball quicker.

What exactly is going on here?

The only thing worse than the two teams on show has been the ref.

I'm not sure about that L'Estrange try either, but it hasn't been the best advert for rugby league.

Maybe it's because they are too cold!

There is another decision. Whoever the bradford player was, just jumped from the field of play, and caught the ball in goal. Thats a drop-out. Yet nothing given again.

There have been some terrible calls like that. Both sides and the ref look like they were out drinking last night.

Didn't think Sammut grounded that myself, didn't get full downward pressure in my eyes. Didn't agree with the L'Estrange try either...

The Crusaders may aswell give up now. Tony Martin wants to play the ball, he has to wait for 3 Bradford players to get off him and back into position. He's not allowed to take it when he wants to.

Very poor showing for superleague. Silverwood has ruined this game.

Edit: Sammut deffo scored that, on the other angle clearly shows it

Madness.

An appalling game of Rugby League. Two very poor teams on show tonight.

I was watching it but fell asleep. Then woke up 10 minutes later and it was still on. Unfortunately.

Poor game

If Cru had played properly they could have won by 40. Don't know what was going on from either team.

Can't stand the refs being the centre of attention. Just let the lads play the bloody game, both sides are holding down so just leave them to it and stop whistling.

I flipped to the RU a few times. If in the RU, they had seen a few minutes of the way any of that RL was played, they'd had had heart attacks, it was so relatively fast and intense.

Silverwood blew the whistle before he grounded the ball for the video ref so should the try of been awarded as play should have stopped? Confused.com

He did.






Gareth Thomas screwed up and L'Estrange capitalised on it.



Terrible game though. I'm so glad I didn't bother going.

Not many did

Terrible game. I actually found myself flicking over to watch the Rugby Union on the other side. That's how bad it was.

Did they say what the attendance was?

And how annoying was that solitary drunken Welshman in the 'crowd' you could hear shouting/slurring 'Cru cru Crusaders' over and over again?

2651 I think was announced.

I'm surprised.

Looked and sounded like a sub 2000 crowd to me

There have been a few terrible games already this year, the standard of play is poor

I though it was 2,200 something on the sky caption

I couldn't believe the Tony Martin try near the end. The ref was giving "held up", Martin claimed he got the ball down. They go to the video ref who, after umpteen looks at it and not even a suggestion of him grounding the ball or indeed which side of the line, gives "Try, benefit of the doubt"!

So, lesson to be learned for players, in future always claim you scored as, if the video evidence is inconclusive you will get "Try, benefit of the doubt" which I personally think should be renamed "Oh, go on then"!

Despite the quality of the opposition Clinton Schifcofske played well especially when you consider he is 35.

Bradford were very disappointing though. Mick Potter has got a lot of work to do there.

wife woke me up at 6am to watch the union......I thought it was the worst sport I was going to see this week....but then SKY NZ showed delayed coverage of the welsh v bulls.........the worst game of SL RL I have seen in ages.

The only good thing was eddies comment about st George players watching it on TV and assuring them that Wigan are better than the 2 on show.



As for the crowd....? Who cares?