Sooo many threads on these boards about this ref and that ref...



So, in your view, who should be next for a week's suspension...and why?



(You can vote for up to three refs)

To be fair the standard really has dropped this year and serious questions have to be asked whether is is money well spent on full time refereees. They're all having shockers. Gansons probably been the best by far thie year, but even he's had some poor games (London v.s Wakey springs to mind)

Ryan Bailey

Where is the option for the new referee in the ranks, Paul Wellens?



Saying that though, he has already served one suspension this season.

Tim Roby was diabolical in the Salford v Hull KR game

We hear the same EVERY YEAR that the "standard has dropped". Has the standard dropped? Or are people's wishful standards for years gone by what they're really comparing them to?

Good question.



I'm not so sure the standard has dropped, but I'm sure the game has got faster, making it harder for the refs.

I'm also pretty sure that there is less intervention from the touch judges, which hardly helps.

The whole refereeing structure needs looking at and Cummings getting rid of. We are a professional sport and are woefully let down by officiating and the wide inconsistancy shown every across single game and within a single match itself.

IF we could either give more powers to the touchies (who let's face it do knack all for the most part) or get another referee on the pitch to actually enforce the rules better & more consistantly I think fans & players alike would be far happier (aside ffrom the likes of Leeds/Warry & hudds..lol)

Alibert - For a presumably self respecting professional, one 7th tackle try is bad, two is indefensible.

It's not just referees missing ball strips through a crowd of players or stuff like that. It is basic refereeing standards.



Allowing a try on the 7th tackle. Once is poor and sloppy refereeing, twice is unforgivable. They would have been 5 officals wired up, surely ONE of them could have informed Alibert he miss counted.



Blatent forward passes. Yes we get them every year, but seems to be more this year. The one Warrington scored against Catalans is a perfext example. The Warrington player was stood still when he passed the ball and still the touch judge couldn't see it.



Players moving off the mark ALL through the season. then Ganson decides when a player moves an inch to the left it's a penalty. Then we have Gareth Hock moving 5m off the mark, putting his hand in the face of the marker then he gets the penalty.



Don't even get me started on consitency. Elima sin binned on Good friday for back chatting. He's no angel and likes to gob off. Not going to defend him. However when he got sin binned, he wasn't moaning in an agressive manner, he was stood next to the ref and wasn't frailing his arms about and Thaler whacked out the yellow card. Then we have Sam Tomkins screaming at the offical in an aggressive manner and doesnt even get a warning.



I know it's a difficult job been a referee, but it's the basic decisions they are getting wrong that are infuriating me.

We need as many people as possible voting and the results sending to Cummins. These people are ruining fans enjoyment by their lack of consistency and bizarre interpretation of the rules.