I think we knew from the first penalty on five minutes which way the decisions were going to go.

Yes he's been shocking in the 2 games for us, but trying to analyse why, I suspect that as a super league ref, he is reffing the super league way, therefore calls are more likely to favour the super league teams.
Is it just unlucky that we have had him for both games, or, RFL conspiracy to ensure Fax lose the games. I leave that open to your own opinions.

While I'm sure there are subtle differences in the way the SL and Championship are reffed, please don't think it's all as cack as that cretin refs, he's like a poor mans Childs.
Good luck for the rest of the 8's, I'd love it you lot made the million pound game at the expense of your more "confident" league mates, and would make the trip to cheer you on.

Think the actual count masks the true storyAt a guess it was around 7-7 which on the face of it appears fair.However HKR penalties came for critical 50/50 calls and at times when they were on repeat set attacks.Ours came deep within our own half or at convenient times when Rovers were 2 scores up.Not sour grapes HKR deserved to win.

I think I saw the penalty count was 8-5 to KR you are right though about the timings of things. Its worth noting that in the ref ratings Hicks has got the lowest one for the games in the Middle 8's two weeks on the trot. Back to the timings, there had been plenty of messing about in the first half but no team really penalized for it but within a couple of minutes of the 2nd half starting he had already done KR for offside. What changed at HT for him to suddenly start looking at offsides? We had the same where we got a penalty for lying on in a pretty normal tackle in the 2nd half yet it had been going on much worse for most of the game. The one that stands out is the one before HT against Moore for not standing square, I thought he got that badly wrong and instead of putting the ball in the scrum we conceded at try. That was massive.

Hi GFB, Where can i find the referee ratings?

League weekly do one based on the reporters, who are usually neutrals, opinion.

Cheers pal.

An obvios wind up as refs are appointed weekly but does anyone know what happened to Mr Cobb who was originally due to ref us?

According to the report in League 'full of inaccuracies' Express Mr. Cobb officiated. After reading the match report I was left wondering if the writer had attended the game.

He was found this morning, bound and gagged in a cleaners cupboard at Red Hall.

Spot on Ian. And so It always was.

Mr Cobb the original ref had a flight with smoke in cockpit which caused an emergency landing.Stranded in Costa Rica

Had he been to the Boy Scout Jaboree.

I have just watched the highlights on FaxTV. The penalty Hicks gives against Moore for the markers not being straight is just wrong and as we know Hull KR scored from that. How can a full time Ref get a call so wrong. Moore is standing bang in front of the player. The ball is played and Moore scoots round and does a great tackle...... Perhaps Hicks felt that more cant move that fast being in a part time, lower division club.