Once again Leeds score from a forward pass! I wonder if Phil Clarke has a stat for how many tries they get from this tactic!

glad Catalan are back in it with a Damien blanche interception. Vive la France!

Catalans 4 Thaler 12.

I thought that was a Leeds shirt under his refs top!

Referred to 'in line' on sky

Blimey Thaler wants Leeds to win this!

Giving Leeds the game. Unbelievable

Take it back about Roby on another thread - he was mega compared to Thaler tonight

He was inconsistent all match but the 2 knock-ons from Leeds not given and when Peacock was playing acting half back for Catalans were really poor, match turning imo.

Fakir and Maguire were both lucky to stay on.

Great game to watch though played at great pace and the match was in the balance right till the very end.

Turning point was Maguire staying on after an incident no different to Macalorum's (check spelling) the week before.

Peacock not square!!

Cracking game - not the most skillful or disciplined, but great play-off intensity.

Mr Thaler had too much influence though, by bottling or missing big calls - Maguire & Fakir should have walked for example, but the real turning point was Peacock making no attempt to get behind his line and breaking down a Catalans attack that could have made it a 4 point game; they never came back from that.

As an aside - cracking try from Blanchy!

Thaler and Leeds are not a good mix in my opinion. Too often when he refs them do they get the rub of the green. Time the RFL appointed him to other fixtures.

How can that be, he's a Wakey/Cas/Fev supporter depending on whose playing who.

Lets face it Thaler like others will ref the way he's been told.

Not a knock on by Maguire?

Stevie Wonder would have seen that one Thaler you cheating sod.

His performance certainly didn't do anything to dispel the Catalans' view that they've been badly done to by the officials this season

Things are getting ridiculous with regards the forward passing in our game.
Leeds being the major culprits within the last few seasons,Just think if Brent Webb had played as he's another that can't pass backwards.

Ref ruined what could have been a much closer game as the Catalans always seemed to be playing catch up from Thalers bias towards Leeds.

Re - Peacock - How many times does he actually play the ball correctly??

Does he ever play the ball correctly.

Think its time that forward passes can be ruled on by video referee and video refs used at every game to make all games the same.

Time and time again leeds, wigan and saints get the rub of the green with referees and forward passes are something that need adressing promtly. Get rid of the flat ball and momentem rule then they will have to pass the ball backward!

You want to ban passing on the run? That seems a rather extreme reaction

No he wants to ban forward passing on the run. Seems pretty fair to me. Vid ref should be able to all on forward passes, reckon the only reason they can't is because they know half the tries scores would be disallowed

He said he somehow wanted to ban "the momentum rule" which is impossible unless you only allow players to pass whilst stood still.

Lucky, lucky Rhinos. Talk about getting the "bounce of the ball" and almost every 50/50 decision.
What had Danny Maguire had for breakfast, he seemed to be playing with far more aggression than usual.
His normal game is to poach tries from 15 metres out albeit as as a good support player but, someone definitely rattled his cage.

How is impossible to ban a rule ??

Why is it impossible to pass backwards unless you're standing still?

Support players just need to stand deeper then the pass can actually be directed backwards - I would hardly call that impossible, would you??

Unless Physics has changed a lot since I was at school?? Actually it probably has, after all the exams get easier every year so I guess it is constantly changing - which is a bit weird really !!

It gets me we have a video ref and he can rule on obstruction/double movement/knock on etc but not a clear cut forward pass.

Does the rule say that a pass must go backwards, or that it must not go forwards?