Joined: Oct 10 2004 Posts: 1030 Location: Sunny Sydney, where it's hardly stopped raining since I arrived
Hock definitely no try.
Phelps' knock on looked to go backwards, but difficult to tell at pitch level from some distance away, so no argument with that one.
I thought the pass to Ainscough for his second was fine - the ball went forward relative to the ground, but went backwards relative to the player, as he was running quickly at the time. Watch the replay from the wide angle and you can clearly see that the passer is in front of the ball as it moves left.
Joined: Jul 20 2008 Posts: 1484 Location: Warrington - East Hull Lad At Heart
Thaler made plenty of poor decisions. He seems to ref the game to how he wants the scoreline to be and not what's going on.
Don't think he had a good game at all for either side.
You just have to look at the Graham incident.
'Play on, play on James, oh I mean play the ball'.
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ROBINSON wrote:No problems with Thaler tonight. I think he's the best of the lot at the moment.
I think you're right that he's the best, but even he makes a lot of mistakes. Fortunately they evened themselves out last night but there's nothing worse than close matches being decided by poor refereeing. I think the RL should take a look at the two ref option, the game is just too fast for one man to police. They could also do with finding some decent TJs.
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BringBackRugbyLeagueBiff wrote:Thaler made plenty of poor decisions. He seems to ref the game to how he wants the scoreline to be and not what's going on.
Don't think he had a good game at all for either side.
You just have to look at the Graham incident.
'Play on, play on James, oh I mean play the ball'.
Agree that the Graham penalty was bad - you can't shout 'play on' & then 'play t'ball' & expect a player in the midst of a tackle to be able to react. However, the rest of your post is a bit harsh I think. Yes, there were errors, there always will be, but at least it wasn't the 30+ penalties, with errors, that Ganson was producing last season.
Refereeing was in danger of ruining the game this time last year - it's generally improved hugely lately.
Joined: Feb 05 2009 Posts: 1429 Location: yickersville (HAYDOCK)
at the end of the day we ve got no decent refs in superleague its swings an round abouts all the time you win some decisions an you lose some i think there some better refs in NL1
The ref had a good game last night.
There was almost 20 mins gone before he gave the first pen.
Hock's disallowed "try" was the first pen not given by Thaler but the VR.
Yes he made mistakes and glaring ones but overall he had an excellent game.
Compare that to Bentham's nightmare v Huddersfield and he looked very good.
Joined: Oct 10 2004 Posts: 3053 Location: The Birthplace of Lord Sam
Ganson had a good game in France last week, and today at Hull.
I thought Thaler was generous to Wigan last night TBH.
It seems the refs are letting a lot more go at the moment, such as not touching the ball with the foot at the PTB, markers not square, etc. It has certainly made for a quicker game, with a lot less penalties. You can hear them telling players to be square, or 'two feet' or when the ball's out at a scrum. Having said that, I don't want the players to start taking the p1$$ and ruining the game either.
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