Not always the case Bonzo, one of the TJ's at KR (not sure of his name, but seen him watching Cas a few times and reffing local amateur games) he seemed to dither every time there was an incident in his view and was very reluctant to have any contact with the ref, he was more like a naughty schoolboy afraid to say anything to a teacher.

matterson is an embarassment. moans and blames the referees and makes excuses constantly , whilst making his ludicrous sub rotations. all teams have to work with the same ref. just get on with it. he's no different to anyone else. just accept the decisions and move on. we can do without football culture in rl.

off i'd like to see how oyu'd react after the last 3 refferee performances we have had. you are a joke had you been to all the games or atleast watche dthem all i could accept your coments and have a constructed argument/debate with you but you are just jumping on TM's back because you think you know what happened and therefore, you can TO55ER!!!

I never noticed, I was watching the game as a whole rather than looking to pick on individuals involved in it. But you don't see too many signals from touch judges at Super League level these days because they use the communications kit.

Are these incidents you refer to those seen through black and amber tinted spectacles by any chance? Perhaps there was simply nothing to call - you'd be surprised how many spectators see things in a game that simply are not there.

We are not talking football culture here, he did the right thing in making a complaint about Hewer's performance.
He's doing exactly the same as Justin Morgan did and it seems to have done the job for KR, if you had seen some of the decisions Hewer made on friday night, you would understand how frustrated he must have been, it was as though the ref had two different rule books.

I usually keep calm and don't swear at games, but I have to admit I did on Friday, I was so angry at the ref following some of his decisions. Not sure if he was influenced by the crowd, by Morgan's previous outburst about refs or what, but his performance did warrant Terry making a complaint. If Hewer was a player, he would be dropped and playing in the reserves for a week or two, this should be the same for referee's, who should be accountable.

OK we sure don't want players ranting and raving at refs on the field, as happened in last nights game a couple of times, but coaches should have the right to do so after a game, after a performance like that.

i understand what you are saying and i understand the frustration, but there are proper channels for all the coaches to pursue if they are not happy. as far as the players are concerned, most rl players are admired by most other sports for their control, discipline and respect on the fieldfor other players and the officials. a great example to set for our youth. i am sure you agree.

thanks for your constructive comments, but you are not the only team to suffer from bad refereeing.

Sorry Michael, shouldn't you be training with your new (old) team or something rather than trolling the Cas board?

I didnt go to the HKR game so I couldnt comment on anything that happened during that match, however the majority of spectators would im sure agree that touch judges do not get involved often enough. I can think of a few incidents recently when something questionable has happened directly infront of a touch judge with no action being taken, I am sure you will be able to recall a least a few similar situations yourself.

It is fairly well know that you are an amateur referee yourself Bonzo, so I would ask, are you viewing these incidents through refereeing tinted spectacles by any chance

No black and amber specs Bonzo, for instance, there was the incident in the second half right in front of where I was sat, which led to Sherwin's injury, this was smack in front of the TJ, he dithered and didn't seem to know what to do, whether to go on the field or not, he made a feeble half hearted attempt to wave his flag, but then stood there like a lemon and didn't put himself forward to the ref. From my viewpoint, it was a deliberate attempt to injure Sherwin.
There were many more incidents, but from my information, the actions taken by the TJ depends upon the referee, some refs like interaction with their TJ's whilst other don't, maybe Hewer is one of those who don't?