As if his constant yapping throughout the game isn't bad enough, he now feels the need to say "ok" after nearly every pass. SHUT THE F*CK UP!!!

Switched off at 8 minutes 18-0 and game over.embarrassing stuff from the Bulls, thought they would have had a real dig today.

Don't blame Thaler for Sky having the ref miked up and the sound level too loud.

Communication from the ref to the players is exactly what we want from a ref.

None of the others shout and bawl as much as him, the annoying

One of several reasons he is the best ref in the country. But listening to the referee all game is emblematic of Sky and British Rugby League fans flawed obsession with the officials. The sound should be turned up only when required.

The others are sh|t.

Robert Hicks talked about this several weeks ago. He (or the other refs) aren't the ones in charge of the volume switch or even the decision for the audience to be able to hear the refs. It's all on Sky this one, the ref is just doing his job.....he can't be running around thinking "I better communicate more quietly so I don't annoy the TV viewers."

Good ref, how many finals has he refereed? Deserves one this time round.

They're all sh|t

He must be nailed on for the cup final, which will please roversmad and his rather simplistic view of the world.

Why in gods name did Sky show 3 slow motion replays of Owen's injury? We knew the first time it was a lower leg or ankle injury. We also knew he was in extreme pain. What exactly were Sky looking for? The exact point the poor sod broke his ankle (or whatever he's done)?

agree about the ref's mic, do we really need to hear them shouting and bawling for 80 minutes?
the only time we do want to hear them, when they are talking to the players or captains the SKY lot are babbling over the top of him!

did Eddie really just say Bradford are a super league team off the field?

he does realize that the reason that they are in the championship is because they were an absolute shambles OFF the pitch and various owners/chairmen couldn't run a brothel in a prison!

Apparently, we do.

Won't bother me in the slightest. I won't hear his inane shouting from my seat in the stadium.

At least he didn't have a trumpet eh.

Yes. Best ref in the UK and people still find things to moan about.

Double fracture of his lower leg, similar to the injury he sustained on his other leg a few years ago, spookily also against Bradford

The people who previously ran the club like a circus (putting it politely) are no longer part of the cluB.

Off the field, we are run like an SL team. Marc Green, Rob Parker, Steve Ferres are doing a great job.

Unfortunately ON the field, we are like a league 1 side



Truly awful today and feel embarrassed that was broadcast on TV.

Agh feel for the lad. You could tell it was something very bad because RL players generally don't cry out in pain like that.

Hope he sticks with it and the club and his mates rally round and look after him.

As for Sky it just annoyed me how many times they were showing replays. I may be wrong but it just seemed a bit voyeuristic, as if they were desperately searching for the money shot so to speak.
I think one replay where it was obvious it would be a lower leg injury would've sufficed.

Sky have some sick fascination with showing replays of serious/potentially serious injuries.

The slow mo replay of Gareth Ellis' Achilles rupturing & the multiple replays of Owen today are just 2 recent examples. (Didn't see the Leeds game but I'm guessing they kept replaying Achurch's injury?)

I found this one the worst of the lot because we knew from Owen's reaction that it was very serious, and as you say, looking back at it again whilst knowing that is a sick fascination with wanting to watch someone's serious injury.

Didn't notice one, no.

Wasn't there a bad injury on a BBC game recently and the BBC didn't replay it BECAUSE it was a bad one?

was it Laithwaite? or was that SKY too, they didn't show any replays at all because they knew it was bad.