Jake the Peg wrote:Was he that bad? I didn't see the game but both sending offs will have been advised by the VR and the RFL have banned both of them
He's very young so will invariably make mistakes but unless these younger refs are supported we won't have many new ones coming through
1st half looked like he didn't have a clue what was going on and I was expecting more cards to follow.
2nd half I thought he was fine personally, no worse than any other usual ref performance. Think both teams obviously calmed down after a word from their coaches so thankfully things didn't boil over too much. Can't remember any big decisions he got wrong.
His biggest mistake was allowing Tomkins in his ear all game. Should have been telling him early to love off and that he's not the captain so keep his mouth shut. Nothing wrong with any player asking the odd question on the fly but the amount Tomkins was doing should have been reserved for the captain.
