Our team has now been involved in three major brawls this season - Halifax twice, and Featherstone away. I believe the referee in all three games was the same one.

Now, obviously, refs don't start, or participate in, brawls! However, they should know how to handle players, to prevent this sort of thing escalating. Compare these three episodes with the two of our games Ben Thaler has officiated at this season - Featherstone, (at home) and Leeds last week. Just one flare up in 160 minutes, and that was dealt with swiftly and correctly, without any further trouble.

Highlights, not done them yet only got my head down at 3am, as I had to sort the coaching staffs memory stick out and do the RFL decoding and uploading, just started the main game uploading and now going back to bed for an hour or three as the computer is busy re above, will do the highlights hopefully later this morning and upload them Im estimating they will be ready around noon to 1pm.
I apologise for there being no pre game Interviews but I didn't have time to film them this week, as for the post match stuff Paul was a little busy and anxious for his players welfare so I didn't bother him.

Barlow cleared of skull fracture, according to gareth walker on twitter. Great news

It always amazes me that people want to be first up with speculation and guesswork particularly when being bearers of bad news. Thank goodness Sam isn't in the state suggested last night.
As for the ref, he has shown himself lacking when dealing with s.

EDIT. The swear checker has substituted 'rubbish' for 'male dangly bits'

That's three times!

Reffy

If your referring to me
I quoted exactly what Paul stated in the main room after the game, as does Lowton Sparrow if you read what he wrote. Paul obviously thought it was worse then it was, he was not best please at all.
So no it wasn't me wanting to be the first with speculation at all and as soon as I saw Liam Kay s tweet I also posted the "good news" so there put that in your pipe and all that

The actual term from the coach was "[ususpected [/uskull fracture", there is a difference.

Good luck to Sam, he was at our game v Rochdale on Sunday and I spoke to him, nice lad

Mark Taylor ‏@_MarkJTaylor 8m
Just spoke to Leigh coach Paul Rowley who was pleased to tell me Sam Barlow has now been released from hospital #leighrl #rugbyleague

Excellent news