Maybe he realised his mistake and that's why he didn't bother sending Ferres off for the same 'offence' a few minutes later.

Please don't have Childs sent back to the Championship we've just got rid of Hicks;

bring back john whitfield or was he called elvis

Pathetic performance , He spoiled what should have been a decent game with Cas playing so well and Hull looking like they wanted give it a go.

As a Cas fan I was dreading this game one the basis that Childs was the referee.

Having watched TGG for 50 years and seeing some 'giants' of the game including some very strong refs. Eric Clay, etc etc, this guy is the pits.

How can it be when you go to a game wondering how the match will pan out,ie will Cas revert back to 'BRADFORD' form, will Hull's recent form continue, yet the focal point ends up as James Childs.

This guy has been fast tracked to Super league by 'the powers that be' S. Cummings.
My son played for the U18's and U21's and had the pleasure (sic) of Mr. Childs abilities(???) and it was obvious then that he had no respect for the players at this level.

This person (I hate to use the term referee) is the Frankenstein monster created by the RL Hieracy BUT we the RL loving public are the one's who are suffering due this guy's total ineptitude.



He sent off Scott Moore at Headingley for an inoccuous challenge which left Matterson seathing ang changed the outcome of the match
He was in charge of whistle feast of a match last year at WR in which he infuriated the fans in the first half, was injured, falled to trap for the second half, substituted by a linesman, and the second half was an absolute pleayre to watch.
If any one has a DVD of the world cup finals notice who was on the touch line, yes you've guessed it.
Guess who came on waving his little flag, you've got it in one
When there are major matches in RL that require a neutral ref gues who can be found on the touch line, JC, (not him)

I'm glad that BOTH coaches are unhappy with this guy and the sooner he is relegated to the championship (or Oz) the better.

A complete and utter to$$ pot

Fair pint Staffs..maybe he did, but then he stops doing what we all want ref's to do - be consistent.

100% agree with that.

I see that James Child has protected his twitter account since last night.

I should not rise to pispotical comments like this but come on?

Castlefords strength this year is their speed when the game is flowing,do you think Childs helped us with blowing up all the time?

Tell you what ,if a decent ref was present to enable a free flowing game i would also predict a comfortable win for cas...........see i can do it as well!

Ifs and buts ,dont you love em...

Funny that, you didn't believe us when we told you that

You said Rovers are light years ahead of FC on the pitch and that Mills is better than O'Meley. You've not got great form, Phillip.



I am still struggling to comprehend how bad he was. As said, I'd like to watch the game back and look at all forced stoppages in play to check I'm not insane.

I can't be bothered to read through the full thread, but I suspect that nobody is congratulating Childs on a suberb performance.

There is a couple of ways of looking at this, the first being that it was a incompetent and totally unacceptable performances, the second being that it was an example of blatant cheating????

Either way, the guy should be brought to task. If it had been an ametur game, I am pretty sure that the coach would have marched his players off the pitch in protest.

We were robbed to such an extent that I even double checked that my wallet was still in my pocket before I left the stadium as I suspected that Child could have robbed that off me like he robbed us of the 2pts.

1.the first being that it was a incompetent and totally unacceptable performances............True for both teams

2.the second being that it was an example of blatant cheating????........Sour grapes

To say a ref is crap at doing his job,fair point ,but to say he is bent and favours a team is ludicrous

At least Agar has had the balls to come out and say what he thinks, he is 100% correct and like he says Childs will be about there next week whistling another 45 penalties.

Why?

Corruption goes on in all walks of life, so why is it ludicrous to suggest it MAY go on in rugby league?

Assuming you are a Cas fan, I am pretty sure that you or some of your fellow supporters may have felt the RL were bent when they didn't punish Wigan harshly enough for breaking the salary cap, which lead to them avoiding relegation and Cas dropping out of super league.

He certainly did, just after they had played Salford pre season if my memory is correct, hats of to him though he comes out with a gem every year now

I said it two years ago you fool and it still true now, with both sides having a first choice 17 Rovers would run Hull ragged

So your saying Childs is bent ,so what could be his motives ,casfan ,bribes .....choose your words very carefully

He is inept, not corrupt.

It may go on in rl, who knows, but I personally don't think Childs is corrupt, more incompetent and way out of his depth. If you read comments on here, the VT and Cas board you'll see its a wide range of teams that are on the wrong side of him, he's not Phil "I heart Wigan" Clarke

Thank you,a bit of common sense

I'm not Saying he is bent, I am just looking for answers as to how I witnessed the worst performance I have ever seen from an offical at any sporting event.

I would love to simply put last night down to the fact that the guy is out of his depth, but some of the decisions were so baffleing it did leave me asking myself some uncomfortable questions.

As I said before, the performance last night was either incompetant and totally unacceptable or a blatant display of cheating. I stand by that remark.

So Cas won only because of Childs decisions ...........its all so clear to me now ,how could i have missed it!



See you down at our place lets hope for a better ref,and let the action do the talking

there is no point debating who should or shouldn't have won, as realistcally we will never know. With a better Ref Cas may have turned in a great try scoring display similar to the one against crusaders, Hull may have backed up their display at Quins with strong running and quality tries but we will never know because the Ref didn't allow either team to get into their stride. Lets just hope that when we meet again we have a ref who allows the game to flow and lets the headlines be about the game and not about the ref's whistle.