Ah yes. It's appalling that only Wigan ever hold down, fiddle about and offer a bit of the rough stuff in the middle. Every one else plays to the rules to the letter can should be commended for their chivalry.

Agreed ...
The point being that if the ref does NOWT then the message given out is 'carry on infringing'..
Also there is a tendency nowadays for the ref to 'have a word' with players after unpunished misdemeanours when he should be penalising and attempting to stamp them out.
Pants really ...it smacks of 'owt for a quiet life'.

No complaints from me about the refereeing aside from the Wigan players continually striking out at the markers when playing the ball. Sarginson and Clubb the worst offenders.

I think 'free play'is a nonsense rule and the game was settled off the back of one. A real shame I thought.

Regards letting a game flow, blow up like mad in the first few games of the season, then games will flow when people stop p*ss*ng about and they know the boundaries.

They do that already and it just ruins the 1st month of rugby and doesn't work. How about people just get better on the ground and speed up the ruck and not just the play of the ball like they do in the NRL, the actual wrestling doesn't happen any less just the players are much quicker.