In fairness the clock was stopped on quite a number of occasions in the first half, and let's not forget we have timekeepers who wouldn't have allowed play to continue any longer than 40 minutes.

isnt it for a cup match its the rl who appoint the timekeeper.
dont want egg on their faces if a champ 1 side beat their hearthrobes of france

Why, who was the Championship One side?

I thought Childs took ineptitude to a new level and for that we can thank him............Give me Ronnie Laughton or Coco the clown any day of the week.
Well done to the lads today for an absolute fantastic performance, really proud of all of you and maybe we should `ve been in the next round.

According to Andy Wilson, Millward said he'd consult with Richard Agar before offering any comment on James Child's performance

Know what you mean mate but bbelieve me we have had this guy for years we thought we had got rid when hje went up to SLE, how we were wrong

Have you had a chance to see a re-run of the game Fred?

Thankyou.... glad to hear a decent honest comment from a SL clubs fan.......without any sarcasm.

yes just watched, IMO the bounced ball 'try' was a knock on I was quite long on the shot but on slowing it down for me it was a knock on, the what could have been an 8 point try was rather harsh and worse will go uinpunished on TV and in games this year but to the letter of the law it was correct, some rather bizare decisions and quite a few missed ones bgut it will be up on Blip.tv a little later and if the copy isnt compressed too much making the pictures 'blocky' you can make your own minds up

The 8pt try was unbelievable...........It must ve been 20 yrs ago since the last one but at least CHILDS has set a precedent for the rest of the season for himself. There last try looked a bit dubious but seeing as it was at the wrong side of the ground I can`t be too critical, yet.

No that try appeared fine from where we were

gutted i had to work tonight,but well done to the boys superb effort.before the match one of the threads was about "childs reffing",every fan who posted said we have no chance with him,how correct they were.
our sport is being ruined with these complete idiots.these prats must stop some fans from coming to games,how many people will say oh its that mon again we have no chance in not going toaday.tell you one thing they will never stop me from supporting my team (work permitting).
After a game you want to talk about what a great try or what a great tackle,but no we have to have how bad was that inept fool.
richard agar i salute you for standing up to the rugby league,will they take notice after tonights shambolic reffing,not a chance.
proud of the lads tonight and still proud to be a leyther.

I emailed League Express as soon as I got home about this idiot and his sidekick running the line. They shouldnt be allowed to officiate again. I am expecting a £6000 fine!
On another note its about time some people on this board started to believe in this team. I predicted a Leigh win, how many pessimists were predicting that Catalans would trounce us. We totally dominated their forwards and but for the ref we would have had a memorable victory.
This team wont get beat by a Chamionship team this season. They should be in SL and they have made a mockery of the licensing system when we have totally outplayed a SL side who are riding high in SL.

Yes that's correct, one from the RFL and one from Leigh.

Fred,I know his will kick off contraversy but I listened to the game on your local radio and it was obvious from the commentary that the referee was totally inept and and almost biased against the Leigh team (I'm trying to avoid the word ch****ng)

But,a great saying in sport is 'what goes around,comes around'

Last seasons game against Limoux was the same with the ref (from Leigh) being so biased against Limoux who were clearly the better team totally beaten by an incompetant refereeing performance.
Some of the calls were so obviously wrong and it was absolutely criminal that the refereeing bias toward Leigh wasn't punished by the authorities.Limoux deserved the win but were ch****d out of it by a ref who was never going to let the home side win.

FWIW - Every time Mr Child has been down to Perpignan he has had a terrible game - his decisions have been mindboggling at times,especially his apparent bias [uagainst[/u the Catalans.He's the only ref not welcome at Perpignan.

Bad luck Leigh,you can be proud of your lads and good luck for the rest of the season.I'm sorry you had this clown officiating.

You will also find that your second try went in your favour through an incorrect childs decision regarding a duffy knock on.

Conveniently nobody from leigh are mentioning that one.

Actually watching the replay on DVD last night (several times) it wasn't a knock on it was palmed forward by a Catalan hand, perhaps thats why it wasn't mentioned, I do believe Specsavers is quite cheap.

Yes - definately worse than Hicks. I've seen some pretty awful refs in my 65 years of watching Leigh, and he must be the worst ref. I've ever seen. And to think they will allow him to carry on. He should be demoted to running the line for the rest of the season so that he can learn from refs who are ten or more classes above him!

Two seasons ago on a wet midweek February night at Post Office Road Mr Childs gave THE most biased and outrageous refereeing performance i have seen in 23 years off watching Leigh, he has a problem with us that i assume goes back to Dewsbury being our big rivals, we didn't lose because off him but he helped a great deal.

I feel for you guys because we have had to put up with his poor displays for a while now. I agree heis the worst ref on the circuit and seems to think the game is all about him, when will the rfl finally do something about it????

I know this poster Fred, and Specsavers would be no use for Rick.....he'll only wear 'pie tinted' spectacles!!

He's just sulking 'cos when I took the pi$$ about their performance against Catalans his response was along the lines of.....wait 'til you play 'em - they'll rip you to shreads!!

The most important position a ref should keep at the play of the ball is make sure the defence is square and onside. Cstalan Dragons were neither onside or square I would say 60% of that game. Very poor officiating if you ask me. And I agree with the rest who say that there was an agenda against us going through.

On Child-related matters, anyone seen what Penky has put on Twitter (retweeted by Leigh Updates)?

Was it the 'lord' JC who sin binned Steve madden at fev last year for throwing the ball away after conceding a drop out?

Just wonder why the same rules weren't applied last night at the end of the first half?

Either way this man must not be trusted with any of our play off, or NRC games!

Guess who we will get now you have said that.

He's just another Cummings muppet.
He's just another Cummings muppet.
Another Cummings muppet.
He's just another Cummings muppet.

Sing along everyone.