I tried to argue this case yesterday with my brother but he was right when he said you have to earn penalties. When your markers are all over the place like ours were all the time you are going to get penalities against you. We couldnt get any quick plays, so unless Catalans are careless you aint getting many marker or offside penalties.

Highlighted the penalty count stat because i dont think an 12-11 penalty count in your favour wins you game or a 6-9 penalty count means you lose by 36. The 'coincidence' is wakefield and crusaders are 2 of the 3 worst teams in the league and warrington and catalans are 2 of the best, hence the final score.

i was sat in the stand and its a great view but i agree the stand is far from finished and would appear to have been opened to early the floor/steps had not even been swept of the dust from fixing the seats but the fans/ground creates a great atmosphere and look forward to coming back even if you do have to buy tokens to exchange for a beer !

At the end of the day, it's the responsibility of the player to get out of the referee's way. The apology was only courteous from the official.

most big sporting venues in france require you to buy tokens in exchange for goods ie at bars etc - thought many of the english venues did this years ago ?
Yes,the new stand is still a bit of a builders site but I can't recall anyone else calling the steepness of the stand 'dangerous' or questioning it's safety ? - except RV of course...

A well placed referee should not find himself in a position where he impedes the play. IIRC the play was close to the line and Thaler decided to move himself from in the field of play into the in-goal area (presumably trying to avoid being caught up in the play) but he cut an angle across Leuluai and Leuluai pulled out of his challenge on Robinson.

Leuluai perhaps should have continued regardless of Thaler's positioning, although that action could possibly have led to the services of the reserve official being called upon for the remainder of the match.