Adamjk wrote:Was in the process of making a post match discussion thread but I suppose I'll post what I had prepared in this thread instead.
Pretty disappointed after tonight after we should have put away a poor Catalans side fairly easily. We weren't helped by some baffling decisions by the referee though.
The key one was that cheap shot on McGilvray when he was taken out in the air and what should have been a penalty was given as a knock on. Catalans then score after being given possession of the ball. Also when the tackle count was reset on their last scoring set seemed questionable.
Also take into account Cashmere's offload being penalised due to him being supposedly grounded, the penalty we were given for holding down after that break in the first half which should have resulted in a Catalans player being sin binned. Taking all that into account it was hardly surprising some of the players were frustrated with the refereeing which ultimately resulted in Stapo making a comment at the ref at the end.
Overall though it was a more positive performance. The half back partnership looked decent and we seemed to actually line up deeper when we had the ball for once rather than standing flat.
Thought defensively Sibbit had a good game and put in some big hits in the first half - possibly playing for a new contract.
Good to see Fitz back in the side and I thought he looked quite lively and was often near the ball looking for an offload or to back up.
Nash for me has shown some improvement recently. Never really been impressed by him but he's had a couple of decent games the last few games I've seen him play.
i bascially agree with all of the above, i wonder what stapo said to bentham at the end, it was clear he was calling him over but i thing he was ignoring him to be honest, would it of been a yellow if he hadnt ignored him? would his suspension been any less?
