Surprised no one has mentioned the muppett in the middle,Jamie Leahy truely awful,We deserved to lose today but those two disalowed tries and the penalty try and the lieing on by the Feath player,our player triying to get up and play the ball but go penalised for an elbow,The bloke is totally inept and simply not good enough.the score didnt really reflect the game.

Have never been a big fan of Leahy, I thought in general he was very poor today, but for both sides. It was the TJ who gave the 2 forward passes and he was probably right for at least one of them. The penalty true was unreal.

I thought that you no longer gave penatlty tries for ball steals - I need to check that one at the next refs meeting.

The TJ gave the try for the first forward pass - Jamie overruled it. Second one looked forward to be fair.

Quote ="tim2"I thought that you no longer gave penatlty tries for ball steals - I need to check that one at the next refs meeting. The TJ gave the try for the first forward pass - Jamie overruled it. Second one looked forward to be fair.'" Just posted along those lines on the Virtual Terrace - viewtopic.php?f=2&t=452717.

Quote ="tim2"I thought that you no longer gave penatlty tries for ball steals - I need to check that one at the next refs meeting. The TJ gave the try for the first forward pass - Jamie overruled it. Second one looked forward to be fair.'" Just posted along those lines on the Virtual Terrace - viewtopic.php?f=2&t=452717.

The most stupid thing is there was a forward pass to Misi Taulapapa late in the game which was an absolute mile forward and wasn't given. A degree of consistency would be appreciated, but not expected off Mr Leahy. He's rubbish and always has been.

The one thing you can't excuse referees for is not knowing the laws of the game.

What was the penalty try for? Because I saw nothing.

Ball steal, I assume. The ball came loose anyway.

I only ask because the players didn't seem to know either

It was given for a ball steal. The players probably looked surprised because they thought that, under the laws of the game, as agreed by almost everyone, that would be a penalty.

In order to give a penalty try the ref must be CERTAIN that the try would have been scored.

As posted elsewhere, the RFL said last year that ball stealing would be a penalty, not a penalty try.

If this is the case then Leahy should have his match fee taken off him and should make a written, public apology. Fair enough everyone makes mistakes but not knowing the rules is an absolute pi$$ take.

Couldn't agree more.

It says much about the abject quality of refereeing of the game.

If JL doesn't know the rules that's poor.

The second forward pass was definitely forward, It was right in front of me.

I thought there was nothing wrong with the second one, i was up on the gantry and had a cracking view of it.

First one looked iffy though.

You'd obviously been drinking.