Very pathetic attempt by your fans to influence the REF he was having none of it!!

i've been impressed with Thaler this season - he doesnt give in to home crowds like most of them !

The referee today was atrocious!

Before i get slated, the better side won.

Thaler is far far short of the standard needed to be a S.L referee, and to be honest every time we have him at our games there is contraversy.

There were many forward passes you were never ten metres back at play the balls and your lying on tactics were disgusting, appart from that you did ok.

I only hope the next time we play you we have the luxury of playing a championship side and you have a hard derby(ish) game before hand

Well done, see you at your place later in the season.

I must admit im getting fed up of the amount of forward passes tha go unpunished these days its starting to get like union, ive just been watching the cats wigan game and the first 3 trys of the game all came of forward passes

Its called having home advantage fella.
If the ref is influenced by it then so be it, equally if not also fine.
He missed 2 blatant ones from the Giants in the 1st half and was fortunate that you knocked on both times in the following tackle.
As long as they get most calls right fans dont mind.

spot on

TBF you've been the best side Rovers have played this season, but one day those borderline passes round the ruck will get pulled

It's about time Morgan puts his views about Thaler public.

He really is a partial and poor referee, who sadly does know what he's doing...

Go onto the KCFM Podcast of todays game mate.
He says plenty.

Just read the sporting life report and it seems he has finally told it how it is.

You can take 1, 2 or 3 bad performances from a referee, but when it's built up over the years and stemmed from NL games aswell. There's a time when this guys performances, and general decisions against HKR have to be questioned.

Although, not seeing today's game, some of the decisions he has made, or indeed hasn't made are all too familiar.

You need to grow up mate. If fans see a forward pass, then they will naturally shout it.

so if KR throw a flat/forward you would all shout for it

Is that a serious question.

He does on BBC's website too.He should change his name to Justin Moangan.You got beat by the better team just like we did he needs to learn that the ref does not drop balls,miss tackles or play dumb rugby.

We did all 3 on Friday, and still beat your lot

What's that thing called where you breath air in quickly through your teeth and it makes a wooshing noise

It must have a proper name

Anyway that's what I do

I think you've got a point. Okay, a couple of times maybe. But I was getting a tad embarrassed in the North Stand next to the Giants fans.

if it was only a couple of times i would be embarrassed but it seemed like it was 1 every set and i don't think they were ever onside .don't get me wrong hudds were the better side and deserved the win but it was just a typical thaler game for us

[i'the worst display of officiating I have seen in 20 yrs'[/i

Not my words, but the ones from a qualified referee stood near us.

The policing of the Hudds defensive line was at best incompetent, they were offside at 90% of all the plays, so much that Crabtree managed to get to the first receiver as he caugt the ball, which makes him quicker than Usain Bolt.

I also estimate at least 20 forward passes, including two in the build up to Wilds try, how they were missed was unbelieveable. JM said on Humberside that the officiating was diabolical, I personally thought it was so biased it was bordering on cheating by Thaler.

Why the hell was Robinson not sent off for his professional fould on Cooke, we have seen a minimum of sin-binning for this most of the time.

Thaler is a disgrace, I hope the club put in a strong protest to the RFL, he is also a coward, he left the field after shaking the hands of the some Hudds players and never attempted to do the same for any Rovers player.

I think the RFL are fully aware of Rovers standpoint on this one from Justin's very public and sustained rant at the press conference:

"It is the Easter weekend. It is difficult for everyone and it didn't help that they were allowed to get away with blue murder.

"I am going to teach my side this week to throw forward passes, stand offside all day and tackle round the head because every time we get him, we get the raw end of the stick.

"If I had a player that wasn't up to standard he gets dropped.

"He needs to spend some time learning the rules and getting in a position where he can understand the game better.

"It is absolutely disgraceful every time we get him.

"He is not up to this standard at all. He needs to spend some time at another grade, just like my players would.

"We turned up with the right attitude but got caned by the bloke in the middle and that is not acceptable in my eyes.

"Next time we get him we know what to expect - a substandard performance."

He added: "There is no excuse for our errors and I am not saying we deserved to win but there is a very common denominator every time there is a poor game of rugby league and that is Mr Thaler."


Of course, he could have made a measured and private complaint instead, but I'm sure the RFL will appreciate this public tirade against one of its officials.

TBH, Thaler deserves it, he was awful today. I know Morgan is likely to get a fine, but he spoke the truth, the bloke is either incompetent or cheating, there can be no other explanation.

I dont like it when coaches start on the ref, but it just goes to show how bad Thaler was to get Justin to rant on as he usualy is very media savy. It would have been better to shut up & go through the propper chanels as the video of the game will show how bad he was at keeping the 10 meters.