I thought it could have been Westwood against Shorrocks but could've been wrong

It's a good chance he only picks on the little ones

Lol. Never read such garbage

I wish they would slacken off their policing of the ruck to be honest. It isnt working and is just allowing players to exploit it by diving without a hand on them and purposely playing the ball into players who have not been able to get out of the way. If you watch the older games from the early 90s, the rucks where slower and messier but the game was more fun to watch because you didnt have the ref blowing every couple of minutes.

Maybe if the players stopped wasting so much energy and effort trying to con a penalty, they would actually have more energy to play the game to a higher standard

Replay the game and you will see,hes the ginger one by the way i know how thick and inbred you lot are

So you don't read your own posts back again then.

I don't know that "slacken off policing" is quite the term I'd use, but I do think players should be made to play the ball properly. The current situation is biased way too much in favour of the team in possession for me. Players are allowed to walk off the mark, play the ball before they have properly got to their feet, step forward into the markers, etc etc. And that's without mentioning dummy-halves throwing the ball at defenders on the floor. All these offences are very seldom penalised.

Interestingly I didn't notice any in the Wire/Wakey game tonight and in fact the first penalty for moving off the mark was awarded too. Positive signs that they've finally wised up? I certainly hope so.

if there has been a change in policy by the refs then it needs communicating as there were several embarrassing attempts to win a penalty at the ruck

There were. 3 by Ben Murdoch-Masia alone but at least the 3rd one got pinged which is the first one this season that I'm aware of. I'm not sure if it constitutes a change in direction on it's own but coupled with the lack of the ruck penalty it's a step in the right direction. I'd still like to see less tolerance and we need to see if the other games this weekend are similarly reffed but, fingers crossed, it's an acknowledgement that this whole issue is one that needs addressing.

more of the same hudds v hull kr

and also catalans v leeds

ruining the game

Been a return to it all over the weekend. I think it was a false dawn, unfortunately.