yeah, excellent performance from the Broncos - well disciplined and well organised as you would expect from Mr Rea but don't forget the Catalans side was much depleted so great praise to them I think plus the VR was dire yet again at the GB

Trent Robinson is going to file an official complaint - it's criminal what the the officials are doing to the french outfit !

last week Thaler and Smith this week Roby and Brooke - absolutely scandalous !

Its par for the course for us. If it wasnt for the fact that we are so bad a team that even the biased refs decisions pale into insignificance compared to the teams inadequacies on the score.
Refs from the North will allways favour teams from the North even if its subconscious bias. The stats show this as fact over the season i am told(Clarkeyas well).

well you can be proud of the latest performance - the best team won but London did look a different side

the refs are as you say I believe - don't think it's cheating just some kind of in-built northern bias - the penalty stats for pens conceded by Toulouse during their 3 years in the Championship were alarming with something like three to one more pens conceded by the french and they were NOT a dirty team, certainly no more than the others

the french fans are convinced their is a conspiracy against them at Red Hall

i wonder how many teams fans would turn round and say the opposite! every team seems to think the officials are against em, half the time its coz they dont actually understand the rules. Looking forward to seeign what caused so much complaining though. Maybe TR should stop whinging, at least they have a vid ref at every home game! its not a sky game thats the only time any of the other teams get a vid ref.

Important thing from this result! It looks like we at least gave em a game, and we didnt ship 40 points!
Just hope we can kick on a bit from this and repay salford for the debacle up at there place

Yes that is true. But that will balance itself out over a season in the same way that the French ref is equally as bad with both teams as they are all the same to him and has no real affinity with any of them.

But the stats show that when the Northern teams play us the Refs are not penalising their own fellow Northerners the same.

every fan complains about the ref - it's traditional ! it's always the refs fault...

but Catalans have a legitimate complaint - decisions have been shocking at the GB this season and the need to consult the VR at every opportunity is worrying as the aim of a ref should be to ask why the try shouldn't be awarded and NOT find a reason why it should as clearly shown by messers Thaler & Roby lately ! The VRs , who I believe to be squeaky clean btw are put in a situation where 95% of the calls are straightforward but when a contentious decision comes along it comes down to personal interpretation by the VR on the day

for any given borderline decision if you ask 10 VRs to make a judgement half would probably award the try and the other half refuse it - it all comes down to the criteria ie. either find a reason not to give it or finda reason why it should be given which seems to be the case at the GB

not arguing that point sanjuin! just saying there is a call in the game for vr at every game in sl, the comp is skewed at the mo where some games have the benefit of VR (if you see it that way) others dont.
In all games with VR the refs tend to leave the call to them more times than they should, why? because if they make the decision and then its later shown to be wrong then they get it in the neck for that.
VR have a protocol and a tick sheet that has to be followed, the final one being to ask the tv producers have they any other angles. The decision should always be skewed to awarding the try not disallowing, but if there is an offence etc then it cannot be awarded.
Simple solution for dracs! stop showing every game live, then ref will have to make his own decision with advice from tj and ig

was interesting yesterday, ref actually made his own decision on a call and actually if you saw the replay a try should have been awarded! simultanious grounding of the ball is a try! Glad they didnt go to VR as would have been more points to saints!
In my view refs should not be going to vr on every try and should rely on there own view of things, sadly i think game is going direction where all tries may go to VR

Just seen super league full time! Dont care what Kear says, it was the right decision! No try clear obstruction! he took out 2 defenders and the ball went behind him, Robinson want to give up whining

Just got back from France. An enjoyable game and competitive, but more like a championship performance from each side rather than Superleague, both sides with a lot of people out injured.

Main thoughts:
Bronocs had the best defence and best attack but made more mistakes.
Commited performance for the full 80, even though it was around 28C for the whole match.
If more varied and interesting attacks means more mistakes I think we ought to carry on with the tactic, at least we will lose in style, capitulations have been the worst feeling for me this season (can see TR's hand in the style of play already).
Refereeing decisions numerous and strange and probably did favour Broncos in key 50-50s, though the penalty count was 5-11 against us mainly rightly for offside.
Spoke to Dan Sarginson, off 4-6 weeks with damaged leg ligaments but seemed in good spirits.
Perhaps I should retire to France

definitely - it's fantastic mate !

me just back today from france, we did play well, real improvement and plenty to work on, we seem more relaxed and able to react , cats seemed to rate us

better wine down here though....

errmm, where did the grapes originate ?



ie : Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, Syrah, Merlot, Gamay et al.

Central Otago Pinot Noir is the mutts nutts....probably because Kiwis look after the grapes better than the lazy french,,,,,

i'll have you know they are only 'lazy' during the week...

...weekends is another matter....


anyway, nothing can top a decent Gaillac from anywhere within a 10 mile radius of Cahuzac - bloomin' bootiful !

France rule the world in white flag factory output......

and not a lot else