is it just me or when Briscoe makes his break, the commentator says he is 21 years of age

Is it just me or when Briscoe (or anyone other player for that matter) makes a break, we don't support them enough?

good footage of the forward pass, how the officials let it stand is beyond me

Thats the first time i've seen the forward pass and its a shocker.

Ian Smith should be stood down for a period. And before anyone starts - no we didn't deserve to win. In the same way he doesn't deserve to referee.

Not as bad as had been made out on here, seen worse.

Well said. It was a shocking decision to award the try.

It mentions about it in the rag tonight, saying that the TJ called for it but Smith waved it on!



Talk about getting us back for the farce last season!

You can see the TJ stand his ground presumably as he's calling it but Mr Big Smith thinks he'll overrule it even though he's in a far worse position.

Irrelevant now.

Salford got the result they deserved as the best team on the day.

Bad decision, but not as bad as our performance. Get over it !!

The only difference between the teams was a quality half back - Jeremy Smith ran the show - when was the last time we had a quality half back who can dictate a game ????

Get over yourself !!

Never gonna happen.

That pass was never forward

I like the way they switch the camera angle so you can't see how forward Hall's pass to Yeaman was for his first try...

Agree, especially as his linesman called it forward and he over ruled it. Wonder if we could claim compensation for missing out on a cup run?

To be fair if this try is in the first minute of the game it wouldn't be mentioned as much. I do think referees should be accountable for shocking decisions like this though, whether they be game breakers or not. If a player makes a mistake they face a disciplinary panel, but referees... ? Sod all, I'll bet.

And the answer was a long way forward!

The most forward pass ever, but being a Salford fan and watching abysms decisions go against us i.e. the raynor knock on try at the willows and the amount of forward passes Wigan got away with the other week. It makes a refreshing change to have a decision go our way. What I can’t understand being relatively new to watching rugby league why the liners do nothing whatsoever in a game? Have they been told not to join in or do they forget that there arms are aloud to lift the flag up now and again?

ps good luck for the season

The linesman didn't call it forward, he hesitated but then carried on. I always though for a forward pass the linesman had to hold his flag upright in front of his chest??? and there is now way the ref could have seen it, so why stand him down???

What highlights?

The three very well-worked tries we scored?

Anyone with knowledge knows that there are no linesmen in RL only touch judges. The touch judge, linked to the referee via radio, paused as the pass was made as if to question it. Who knows - maybe he even said as much into his microphone ? In any case the referee has ultimate responsibility for decisions taken by the officials. According to the HDM the match commissioner's report suggested Smith had the final say. We'll never know - but Smith presided over a shite decision.

Never mind press on regardless.

i agree