at the time i watched the replay on the big screen.........watched ganson take his time...........and knew it was going to be red..............because Gansons the only ref in superleague with the balls to get the red card out.

I thought this earlier, then watched the Ablett on Sam Tomkins hit again and realised Ganson was the ref that day too

I thought it was an awful thing to see and thought he was really hurt, do u think there will be any come back on Sam for him admitting he was planking at the time.

So that's a no then

Well seeing as he hasn't 'admitted' he was planking. He has JOKED that he was. I think it's pretty obvious even to the dumbest person on the planet that he is briefly out cold.

Lol ok was just a question I personally thought he was out cold and really felt for him hate him like him it's not nice to see a player on the ground like that, I didn't see the other thread on here for planking lol, so u think hel be back for Monday with kr, I think he needs at least two weeks rest

Depends if he's allowed to play.

I think the only positive that can be seen from this is that on any other week I think Joel would have gone and taken a swing at Raynor for that and I'm glad to see that he, relatively, kept his cool and only shouted at Ganson who at the time looked like he wasnt in understanding of how bad Sam was and he appears to be telling Ganson that he needs to keep the Bradford players from crowding him in protest. Seeing it again makes me think that these calls that he was going for the ball are rubbish he was miles from the ball and if you watch he lifts his arm up as he goes in.



Also does John Kear try to claim it was hitting the floor that knocked him out and then says it was a "Brave decision" to send him off I missed all that from frustration on Sunday what an idiot he is.

Quote gerr'emonside="gerr'emonside"Sure this link is allowed as it is on the BBC website news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 509140.stm Two things about this incident.......... 1/ What did joel say to ganson after the incident when he responds with ' you speak like that again..' and then tries to send him away from checking his brother (which was a stupid move from ganson imo!) 2/ After the try is given note that ganson points to the sticks to indicate that we have elected to take a goal as if a penalty had been given - it therefore seems an 8 point try was awarded so why didnt we kick at goal a second time?!? Anyone any ideas?'" This is lifted off another thread. Quote gerr'emonside="Pie Eyed"Not bothering to read through 6 pages, but can I just post what I heard from Ganson over his link? He told the VR *NOT* to award the try until Ganson gave the go-ahead, because "the player is still on the ground". At that time, he was trying to sort out the fact that "His brother is trying to fight everyone, including me." However, the VR *DID* award the try, so Ganson went with it. From everything that was said at the time, plus what was said in the ref's changing room at half-time, I firmly believe that Ganson *wanted* to give a penalty try and would have instructed the VR to do so, had he been given the chance. It was the fact that the VR jumped the gun by hitting the button so early that robbed us of the extra 2 points.'" I assume he means Ganson wanted to award an 8 point try. I thought Ganson handles the situation very well indeed. We all know Joel can be a loose cannon, particularly where his brothers welfare is concerened, so having a word with him and sending him away from the situation was the right thing to do. It's not Joel's job to check on his brother. What would have happened if Joel had checked on Sam and turned him over? If Sam had a neck injury, this action would have worsened the situation. Leave the tending to injured to the professionals, not his brother who is running on adrenalin and spoiling for a fight. Ganson did everything right.

Quote gerr'emonside="gerr'emonside"Sure this link is allowed as it is on the BBC website news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 509140.stm Two things about this incident.......... 1/ What did joel say to ganson after the incident when he responds with ' you speak like that again..' and then tries to send him away from checking his brother (which was a stupid move from ganson imo!) 2/ After the try is given note that ganson points to the sticks to indicate that we have elected to take a goal as if a penalty had been given - it therefore seems an 8 point try was awarded so why didnt we kick at goal a second time?!? Anyone any ideas?'" This is lifted off another thread. Quote gerr'emonside="Pie Eyed"Not bothering to read through 6 pages, but can I just post what I heard from Ganson over his link? He told the VR *NOT* to award the try until Ganson gave the go-ahead, because "the player is still on the ground". At that time, he was trying to sort out the fact that "His brother is trying to fight everyone, including me." However, the VR *DID* award the try, so Ganson went with it. From everything that was said at the time, plus what was said in the ref's changing room at half-time, I firmly believe that Ganson *wanted* to give a penalty try and would have instructed the VR to do so, had he been given the chance. It was the fact that the VR jumped the gun by hitting the button so early that robbed us of the extra 2 points.'" I assume he means Ganson wanted to award an 8 point try. I thought Ganson handles the situation very well indeed. We all know Joel can be a loose cannon, particularly where his brothers welfare is concerened, so having a word with him and sending him away from the situation was the right thing to do. It's not Joel's job to check on his brother. What would have happened if Joel had checked on Sam and turned him over? If Sam had a neck injury, this action would have worsened the situation. Leave the tending to injured to the professionals, not his brother who is running on adrenalin and spoiling for a fight. Ganson did everything right.

I've posted on another thread that I agree with this.



Ganson may well have shown leniency sending Joel away rather than yellow-carding him.



But I thought he handled the situation well. He calmed things down and when he was in full possession of the facts, he sent the offender off without any hesitation.

Why are people worried about Ganson apparently not being worried about Sam's health. It's not his job, his job is to police the game which he was doing and defusing a situation that could have ended up with a group of players fighting around Sam.



What medical skills does Ganson have that would have made him getting involved with Sam's injury a better option than the medical staff who where there in seconds?