Agreed on the edit, should have put that first time!

Whilst the dobbins try came from a very obvious forward pass, it hardly constitutes 'cheating' as you claim as it was not a deliberate act by the player passing the ball. Neither was it 'blatent' as that again that infers some sort of deliberate act on the passing players behalf.



The problem lies with how referees are instructed to apply the rules, the rules are the rules. Apply them (with a small amount of leniancy of course) or just get rid of the rule.

Also the touchies need to have more involvement and/or authority to over-ride the head official, some are afraid to make important decisions and/or instruct the referee of an infringement. There's letting the game flow and just letting it get beyond a joke, because it is often the latter teams/coaches are aware of this and thus you have situations described as a 'flat pass' which are invariably forward which are let go because the refs don't want a stop start game all the time.

Enforce the rules and you'll have some horrible stop start games at first but soon enough players/coaches will grasp they'll have to stick far mmore rigidly to the rules and thus the games should be far less controversial.

I know NFL is really stop start so in some ways is easier to officiate with 7 officials but the rules are often followed to the Nth degree which is a step too far

Still think we should have a coach challenge, one in each half.

Fair play to Pearson for speaking out, but gotta chuckle at the hypocracy on this thread, bearing in mind the grief Hudgell has had off your lot for doing the same thing.

Maybe we are on the way to a break away similar to the Premier league.....



Having read through all these posts recently regarding the abysmal displays by the whistle blowers and now Pearsons shot across the bows of the RFL we were then treat to a refereeing display last night by Thaler that was the best I`ve seen this year. It was`nt flawless, they never will be, but he kept up with play, let it flow and not once through all those tries did he go to the video ref which some refs would have done to get themselves full screen view. He had a quiet word when necessary, pointed the finger off the ball so has not to stop play,and looked to his assistants when needed. A good performance.

Ganson is God.



(In his mind.)

There lies the problem

Not all fans by any means. Lots of us agree with chairmen having a go at the RFL for their failure to sort out the apalling failures of their referees.

Rovers complained about a ref and so far thing have gone they way in the passed few games .So if you complain things seem to get done in your favor

In to day HDM a writer stated that it's not the ref job to call forward pass it's the touch judges job All I can say is he hasn't been to the games were I have seen the ref rule forward and over rule the touch judges .we do not know if the touch judge had called forward and that ref ignored him just like the one against us v Salford in the Cup the ref waved play on

How many decisions did Robert Hicks give in Rover's favour on Sunday?

wouldn't know being a Hull fan for 71 years I was at the KC stadium That should read a Hull pass holder