Knowing him he'll be supping his slop in Sale town centre while the game is on...

he said the chasers were in front of the kicker,it was not the ref that gave it the touch judge called it

Yep, it was called as encroaching within the 10 meters.

That sort of makes sense, but in that case the penalty would be where the player was tackled, not where where the kick was made. Why did he march us 30 yards back down the pitch if it was a simple case of offside?

The thought was because of a bit of verbal from the Fax camp as it was a close call for the 10 decision or he simply got it wrong as hard to believe as that may be.