Bentham made the wrong decision according to the interpretation of the rules so will he get a written warning for gross misconduct for not knowing his job as you would in any other industry none of them are any better than when they were part time when if they dropped. Changers the poor old teams in the lower divisions would get them for a few weeks till they had learnt their lesson

I don't think we have enough of them to do that , we would run out of refs for SL

i watched the game had it on silent as i was doing something but i saw the escare incident and me not knowing the ins and outs of every specific rule i can not see how anyone can say it wasnt a penalty he was tackled with a man on his legs he got up and ran off after a tackle without playing the ball its common sense he cant do that the ref got it spot on so why he should be disciplined is madness id have gave penalty 101 times out of 100

Sounds like the ref is having a mare at the Batley game too

The decision in the Catalan game was appauling. Usually they just make them play it again why was this different it was bizarre. Inconsistency by the refs is ruining our great game; the refs need to be stronger aswell in regards how they are spoken to. Thaler is about the best but he is again v inconsistent.

FFS - THEY DONT JUST MAKE THEM PLAY IT AGAIN!!! It's been explained umpteen times why he was penalised. What's the matter with you???

because he likes to be the centre of attention 101 times out 100 id have given a penalty its common sense as i said god knows what escare was thinking complete and utter brain fart he had

But that creates ambiguity doesn't it - who can accurately judge if a player has heard the 'held' call or not?

Bren, I normally think your posts are pretty sensible but on this thread......?

The ref normally only calls held if the ball carrier is just stopped or doesn't go fully on to the ground. I happen to think refs often call held far too soon ie. Whist the runner is still making progress or could, possibly, get the ball away but that's a different matter altogether. It's not up to the ref to tell a player who has clearly been tackled that he's been tackled. It's up to the player to know it, get up and play the ball. I know it can be fraught. I was reffing once when a player was tackled, his ball carrying arm touched the ground, and he flicked the ball up to a colleague in a very skillful manner. I penalised him. He called me a bent . I sent him off!

And in other referee news Tim Roby is off to the NRL. Yep you read that right!

Perhaps the issue of refs deciding games is an indication of a closer super league, as the scores have to be close for the referee to be the difference. There are some positives.

No sign of #AskTheRef this week on twitter, are they afraid to answer this week's questions?



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