well the ruling needs to change , though as you say Ablett should have walked . that was serious foul play ,it was a disgusting challenge . and if the RFL do not give him a ban this week then it needs looking at sooner rather than later , it is a 2 game ban every day of the week and a decent fine for that matter .

For not the first time I will say that the GF will be decided by a referee. 1999, 2002 and 2009 have been decided with bad referreeing decisions, and i think 2010 will be the same.

I have to say, as one who welcomed the selection of Ganson for this match, that I have been royally shown up.



That was a very shallow and disappointing display from a referee who previously I rated (at least as an individual with his own mind, if not as someone completely fair). It was as bad as anything I've seen from Bentham or Silverwood, and is really starting to beg the double-question: how do we get rid of this controller of referees, and who would we trust to replace him?

this is very simple



ganson = gutless show pony

It gets worse every time i watch it. For me, the report system is a joke. Its only giving the ref an excuse poo out of a major decision.

Ganson is the best ref in SL.



As for gutless? He's one of the only refs that actually tries to enforce rules on foul play and dissent. A gutless ref wouldn't send off a player in the first tackle of a test match.

I agree ganson normally is fair with sendings offs, like 8 seconds with mozza at JJB stadium GB V AUS but he must have had a word in his ear to keep ablett on but he should have walked for thuggish behavour.

True. Scary, but true.







That's what makes the Ablett cop-out so blatant.

I shared that view until Friday. But I was less than impressed with what followed. The biggest disappointment is that Ganson too, it seems, is very quick to send Wigan players to the sin-bin, but very slow to mete out the same punishment to those we are playing. Something I'd never have said about him before.

This both annoyed and concerned me on Friday.

ganson no balls we dont need that sort of thuggery in rugby leauge red hall red faced

The biggest problem that we face going into the play-offs is that referees seem to be very lenient with Wigan's opposition. Whether this is merely a bad run of luck or something to do with the ridiculous bleating about Wigan's "tactics" coupled with the usual anti-Wigan bias in the RL establishment remains to be seen. At the moment though, it is worrying. Fortunately we were significantly better than Leeds in all areas on Friday and managed to win despite being much more harshly policed than Leeds on infringements. As we move into the playoffs and have to beat the likes of Stains and Wire then if this continues things are going to be difficult. William Hill have us at 6/5 to win the GF. I think those odds flatter us, particularly with the way we and our opponents seem to be being refereed at the moment.