That ref should never be allowed near a pitch again and Henderson should have hit him harder. A lot harder. My thoughts from tonight anyway. I think with an unbiased, unbent wa**** (referee) then we might have had half a chance.

Disagree about Hendo it was a shocker, he should have done everyone a favour and planted it on the ref Stokes instead. Ref was horrific though and, without wanting to make excuses for Hendo's stupid stupid high shot, the reason the game boiled over was due to Stokes' terrible performance. I was getting angry just watching it so no wonder the players got so wound up.

Hendo's season is over i'd imagine so he'll pay the consequences. We should make an official complaint about the ref tonight though. He just played us out of the game.

Smith and Stokes saw Fev home. Close call between the pair of em for MOM. What a joke. Feel sorry for the players.

Refs tend to favour the home side. The one who reffed Leigh v Fax certainly did.

Swings and roundabouts.

even the commentators said leigh had 2 good tries dissalowed at a vital time.the problem with reffin like that is it can spill over to the fans.i hope common sense prevails and the speccies behave themselves. that ref should be dropped to conference level rowley was diplomatic but you can bet he wont be reffing the final.

Very seldom do I blame the ref for a Leigh defeat but tonight is a n exception.
2 crucial wrong decisions and allowed fev to slow us down with flop after flop.

But we overdid the one man drive and that played into their hands.

Believe we can beat them at Warrington if we can get through next Thursday

we need to let the ball go wide a little more,also get the kicking game right on the last tackle.they had the size up front to wear us down with all the penalties they got in the second half.just got to work that bitn harder and hope for a decent reffing performance next time.as for henderson deffo sending off.was their tripping incident in first half not a sending off,no ref put it on report and heard to say to a leigh player to early,make what you want of that

Refs should not be winning high profile semis for teams. Players should be doing that. It just cheapens our game even further.

I don't normally comment on referees either but he spoiled what could have been a classic. He was bloody appalling.

I feel sorry for our lads because they deserved better than that, but I still think we can do them in the Final if we get there (and I'd rather win that one than this one).

Well,i hope everybody has a good whinge tonight,and then gets over it! we are in the same position ..one game of the final.
We didn't have the rub of the green to say the least,but we also didn't play as well in the second half,with some players non existent.

We have to get back to a positive mindset,this includes the players,fans and management,make sure there are NO EXCUSES next thursday.

The club as whole should move on from tomorrow and should only look forward to thursday,revenge is a dish best served cold.

Sound words lets moan tonight and wake up tomorrow believing in a great day at warrington

i'll go along with a poor show from the ref but the comment about hitting him harder is not called for.....its one of the worst head highs i've ever seen......not seen it on tv yet like but it didnt look good

Deserved his punishment but don't make it something it was not

maybe you should have took more advantage of the 6 on the trot penalties in the 1st qtr an got a few more pts on board.....seems to me our half time team talk was a bit more constructive than yours......the ref was poor full stop....if you feel he helped us through then fair do's......whoever you get at home you should do em

Leigh had a good 1st 30 mins and took advantage well of the period when Stokesy was handing Leigh the penalties. Then came the second half. The try called for obstruction looked harsh live without the befnefit of the telly. We all reckoned it was a bloody good try. The try pulled for a forrad pass I've seen given on so many other very similar occassions.
That said, on half time when Leigh scored my mate suggested that that would be the last Leigh try of the game and I said Leigh would tire in the second half.
Notwithstanding the referees performance, those two predictions were accurate and critical to the final result.
The final score flattered us. It was a niggly, oft bad tempered game which will see Leigh and Fev missing players for the final should Leigh get there.

Leigh played well and set off like a house on fire. i didn't think they'd keep that pace up for the full 80 - they didn't. But in the final I have a feeling we'll be missing 2 first choice props. That may well even up the score somewhat if yoy beat Sunday's winners

i dont get what you are saying? what was it not?....i said it was one of the worst [u'i've'[/u ever seen.....if other people dont think it was than fair do's

Agree the ref had a shocker, reffed it 1 eyed.

Gave everything to Leigh in the first 30 and then levelled it up in the second half.

As for the head high shot, it was disgraceful and malicious. The 'hit him harder' commenter needs to get a grip and have a word with himself.

On another note, good to see old friends again tonight and hope to share a pint in Warrington once you beat sheff or fax.

The ref ruined a game that was turning in to absolute cracker,scoreline flattered Fev,they could have been down to 11 men,the trip and Dickens kicking Ostick in the head.I dont condone Henderson`s action`s but you could probably understand his frustration.
Even Noble and Henderson could not believe some of the desicions.

At the end of the day, even with all the cheating from Smith and Stokesy, it was four tries to three. We did score again RFF. Stokes and Smith chose not to give them. Had you had had two tries disallowed like that at such a crucial stage, I do not think Georgie would have got out of Post Office Road alive. Put it this way, had he given them both, would you have felt badly done to? I think Leigh had a good first forty. That is why you only breached our line once in the first half, despite getting more pens than us in that period and we crossed for three. The game has gone now and we move on. However, I do feel that if Fev had been on the receiving end of what Leigh were tonight, their fans would not be highlighting tiredness. I tend to think they'd feel robbed, just as we do.

The Ref gave Leigh a few penalties in the first 15 minutes, after that it was one way traffic. He gave one of the most one eyed performances I've ever seen. 2 good tries disallowed. On balance Fev probably deserved the win but the officials handed it to them.

The match changed when Mr Powell had a go at the ref in the tunnel at half times

We had a phone call from my nephew who said that PowelL was having a right go at him

Definitely a game of two halves:

Leigh were awesome first half, we were poor. Stokes was garbage all game. I was fuming at half time and assumed he'd come on your bus.

Second half, we upped our game and Leigh tired, Stokes seemed to have come out wearing a blue and white vest.

In the end, we deserved our win, but the scoreline flattered us greatly.

Stokes should not be allowed to referee at this level again, he ruined what should have been a great game.

Some dirty stuff too, that will probably see us both depleted come the final, which I hope you get to.

like someone said when the commentary team keep saying that was harsh,whys that not a knock on,thats a try for me the player wouldnt have got within 10 metres of riddys break.that was a flat pass for me henderson said.ref was deffo got at by powell and to let him be swayed to ref the second half like that he should never be allowed near such an important game again.
for gods sake people have travelled a long way and spent good money to watch a referee (use that word loosly)totally spoil a game that was gonna be a blinder.is it any wonder that some fans dont return when you see officiating like that.

I think if you watch the game back, you'll find all the talk of Leigh getting everything for the first forty, is a complete exaggeration. Leigh got several penalties in the first fifteen or twenty mins. For the remaining sixty mins he absolutely caned Leigh on the pens and ruled out two tries at a crucial time. Most of the top six sides in the championship would never lose a match all season with reffing like you got tonight.