Did my eyes deceive me or was his foot clearly over the dead ball line when he scored from that grubber kick





And why did the ref ignore the touchjudge for another try when he was clearly signalling a forward pass

His foot was defo over the line but we won.

I had Regie Perrin moments today when the ref made odd decisions. I kept on seeing the Sweedish Chef from the Muppets. Do I need help?

Yes

Certainly looked over the line from my vantage point at the north end of the west stand!!

Being in the North Stand and about 20 m away it was an appalling decision by the ref.......... Did anyone see Thug Jackson going in with both feet when we scored by the posts... the ref had a word but no more......

I was unfortunetly not on close up so the vid is inconclusive, but yes the touchy did 'stand his ground' for the 'forward pass' and was ignored, but one must ask why didnt he press the point????

After watching the game again im still undecided were there two good teams out there cancelling each other out, or were they both that bad???

bad it was bl))dy terrible, but honestly watching it again a few minutes ago I was flumoxed at the end as we (and they) did some really good stuff then something that looked like it was from a monty python sketch directly after.

one for the 'haven fans here...................



gregg has possibly the best " show and go" that i've seen in thirty years, loves to take on the line...........


so wtf put in the centres in both attack and defence options????

The ballboys didnt help, the Haven player ran at them.

I was in the end zone of the west stand and to me he touched down before his foot hit the line...........sorry but that's my honest opinion.

North Stand his foot was on the line then he touched down.
My mate Bob is also convinced his foot was on the line.

A snipet from the Whitehaven News

boss Ged Stokes interview

The only question mark against Lavulavu came when a heavy tackle on Leigh speedster Stuart Donlan was placed on report. But Stokes reckons there was no intention to hurt the full-back, who went on to play a major role in the match.

“I thought Taani got stepped, threw out an arm and the bloke dived,” he added.

Hard to dive when your head is bent backwards I thought.

"and the bloke dived"

Sorry Ged, wrong sport.

I was within earshot after the try was scored and heard hobson tell the ref to sort jackson or he would,and yes his foot was over the line for their try.

ahh thats what hobbo and Rob Hicks were er 'talking' about after the try.

Having seen the game on dvd , I've got to agree about some of the peculiar decisions made by the Ref , especially in certain instances where he just chose to totally ignore the linesman.

Seemed like Haven had 2 players binned for the same offence and although we had a better penalty count for , than in the Fev game , seemed like Haven rarely got punished for lying on and interference after the sin binnings. Meaning no more players binned.

Lavulavu's cheap shot on Donlan was dispicable , he wasn't fast enough to make the tackle so chose to stop Donlan in whatever way he could , legal or not . Hope something is done with the on report via a disciplinary

Foot on line when the ball bounced up and he collected it, in play when he grounded it.

If I was Stuart I would demand an apology from this plonker!

Haven are no Angels but Leigh are even worse dirty but sneaky with it.

Id love to see Hobbo ''sort'' Jackson out hahahahahaha.

I look forward to round 2.

the penalty count and referee would seem to tell a different story

same old crap from whitehaven you couldnt beat our academy team wait till our 1st's play

Quote ="BIG GAZ"Having seen the game on dvd , I've got to agree about some of the peculiar decisions made by the Ref , especially in certain instances where he just chose to totally ignore the linesman. Seemed like Haven had 2 players binned for the same offence and although we had a better penalty count for , than in the Fev game , seemed like Haven rarely got punished for lying on and interference after the sin binnings. Meaning no more players binned. Lavulavu's cheap shot on Donlan was dispicable , he wasn't fast enough to make the tackle so chose to stop Donlan in whatever way he could , legal or not . Hope something is done with the on report via a disciplinary '" The comittee dont seem to agree with you there marra. www.therfl.co.uk/about/disciplin ... php?id=779

Quote ="BIG GAZ"Having seen the game on dvd , I've got to agree about some of the peculiar decisions made by the Ref , especially in certain instances where he just chose to totally ignore the linesman. Seemed like Haven had 2 players binned for the same offence and although we had a better penalty count for , than in the Fev game , seemed like Haven rarely got punished for lying on and interference after the sin binnings. Meaning no more players binned. Lavulavu's cheap shot on Donlan was dispicable , he wasn't fast enough to make the tackle so chose to stop Donlan in whatever way he could , legal or not . Hope something is done with the on report via a disciplinary '" The comittee dont seem to agree with you there marra. www.therfl.co.uk/about/disciplin ... php?id=779

Maybe it would have been a red in another match but I would have been annoyed if one of ours had been banned for that tackle. Its not netball and I dont think it was vicious. Just big and daft.

But, big forwards know exaclty the likely outcome of a quick lad skipping round you at full pelt and what happens if you try and adjust your tackle, so cant complain if they get harshly penalised for it.

It's an arrestable offence if done at the wrong moment!!