Now i no you can't moan about refs if you lose as it's sour grapes BUT is it ok if you win.


How many times can you hold down/spoil before you visit to bin because IMO Cats did it too often.

And while i'm on Mr Child, tackles above the neck are not allowed, or maybe they are in the rule book you have.


The lads still learning but IMO he's got a lot to learn.

even worse as a touchjudge.

Not great, but I've seen much worse. In one way I guess he was trying to let the game flow, but he let too much go and the amount scrums more than made up for it with the stoppages. They generally seem to be more lax over slowing down the play-the-ball this season.

Come on - he gave us Martins try in the first half when Snitchy clearly knocked the ball down before re-gathering.

Pretty poor all round really!

is he that really skinny 15 year old touch judge ?

how come he was reffing a SL game? has he been promoted?

personally I enjoyed the game. it flowed , of course if we had lost it might of been different matter then but what do you want for the game to keep stopping like gansons games

at least he was consistent, even if it wasnt in a good way



surpirsed that after all the times he penalised cats for holding down he didnt really warn them once

Agree, he has quite a bit to learn yet. Some strange decisions. Mind you that is normal for refs

Bit of a strange one that i agree but i did not get a clear view so can't be sure.

Just think he allowed Cats to slow down the game.

What about Blanch's try? he looked to have lost the ball and interviewed on radio leeds said he was lucky to get that one..
The holding down by catalans was shocking and one sin-binning would have stopped that. Thats what you should have done Mr Child...

Couldn't see that one - but had a good view of Snitchy's knock on - or not as the case may be?

He had a Shocker today.

Thought he was rubbish today

your right big bloke stud at the side of me never shut up about him

You should be back in the home by now

give the guy a chance, i thought he did ok.

it was a hard game for him to ref in fairness because Les Cats are the most ill-disciplined side i have seen in a long time.

that could have been me lol

said if he reffed like he did at cas he would get chased off did i have a green cardigan on lol

No worse than any of the others really, but as plenty of others have already said, I find it hard to believe that he didn't even speak to anyone about the constant messing about at the play the ball, staggering the amount of times they were penalised for it, and got away with it.

Two ways you can look at it

Yes we as a supporter we do not usually moan when we win and certainly the holding down and interfering at the play the ball was ridiculous, he also never looked to his left at all for offside from the defensive team.

On the other hand he is young he is learning his trade, i'm assuming he must have come through the co-op leagues ? give him a chance. Was not as bad as the "HOMER" and i do not mean his sexuality IAN SMITH on Friday who dare not make a decision against Leeds Dolphins sorry I mean Rhinos but might as well have been watching American Football with all the forward passing.

One thing I will say try refereeing then you will see how hard it really is.

It is hard Fred and i did not really want to start a witch hunt on a young ref, but you have to admit they did hold down several times and he should have sent one to the bin.

so hes fair game

I didn't think he did too badly. He didn't impose himself on the game too much, but then again, he is new at being in the middle. And I didn't go to watch him, which seems to be Ganson's view of spectators, that we pay to listen to a whistle.

I agree about the lack of a card for holding down, but he penalised them frequently and probably gave us the game because of it.

In all fairness it must have been a very big day for the bloke reffing his first SL game. I know a more experienced ref would have given a warning
then a yellow for the holding down. However he never stopped penalising them and thats what counts in the end.

They got away with it all last season and finished 3rd this season teams are wise to it they will be nowhere near the 8 this time

I think he did OK. Wasn't an ideal game to have as a 1st though. Well done lad.