Congrats Motty...you win the biggest bite of the season contest. Give yourself a chocolate digestive

Dont need the life story pal. Stop taken yourself so seriousl....zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

What are you blabbering on about? We never disagreed with you. If baileys smacks someone in the head he should be sent off like others have. Captains will always speak with the referee. If a ref changes or bases his decision on what a capatin says it simply backs up what we are saying about the incompetence of refs.

As in State of Origin games, same in the play-offs - stakes are higher, refs are more lenient. No harm was done by the Briers punch, which, by the way, wasn't from behind as Ablett clearly ducked! It was 13 against 13 and Leeds shipped 34 legitimate points in the game which will be a bigger concern to BMc.

Lee Briers may be a pain in the backside, but he's no coward. He's taked plenty of cheap shots in his career and can be foprgiven for having a go back. Actually it was pretty brave taking on a bloke twice his size.
It is not inconceivable that referrees will try to keep all 13 on the pitch for a better spectacle. Just after the Briers punch Gaz Hock tweeted "if that was me I'd have been sent off and banned for 3 games" (I've cleared up the grammar!). Well yes Gaz you would - but then like Ryan Bailey, you've got plenty of previous. Briers is a Stand Off for God's sake. Ablett took the punch and got on with the game, no harm done.

The BOTD try WAS a joke but it maybe evened things up as Watkins forward pass - as "momentum" or not - it was 5 metres forward on the play back which Childs and Bentham would have seen.

But hey, ref's make mistakes, none of them are bent. A couple of season's back every game that Bentham reffed at Wigan we lost. You should have heard the conspiracy theories! He, like Child, is just a very poor ref. Not bent, just poor, and we ALL suffer.

I've never understood this business of - if the ref's home town is x then he can't ref when x are playing. FWIW I always thought that Ganson, despite coming from Saints reffed fairly, wasn't afraid to give tough decisions and most definately wasn't bent. Some Wigan fans thought he was the devil incarnate!

Ah well, I suspect that this won't affect Leeds effort to get to thge GF in any case. I rather fancy you to turn Saints over then do Warry in the return. See you at Old Trafford!!!

the only thing i disagree with is the briers is only a stand off.
is there a rule that smaller players are allowed to punch as it won't hurt as much?

I have.

Nope, the grip is on the collar only.


I have, in slo-mo.
No forward passes, you can tell immediately in both passes by the angle that the ball leaves the passing players' hands.

Surely not; and Yorkshire, unlike Lancashire, isn't a country ....

Fair comment - you are right. I suppose if it had been for e.g. Morley, Ablett might have felt it - and there would have been a justifiable sending off. Smaller players do get picked on and wouldn't be human if they didn't lose it from time to time.

I think Lee might be getting some stick at training today for getting in a clean shot .... and it had no effect.

If it was Bailey he indeed probably would be banned for a game or two, but he has form, everybody knows he sets out to wind everyone up and is always first in to have a fight and first out when someone his own size comes in to have a go back.

Immediately before Briers lashing out, he copped one in the face from Ablett before he caught him by the collar, then he said something to him while he was on the floor. Doesn't make it okay for Briers attempt to hit Ablett, but it wasn't entirely unprovoked. He also only hit him on the shoulder.

As for the try, it is clearly on the floor when Benny gets up off the ground, ergo, if must have touched the floor at some point to be there so I don't see the problem. If it makes you feel better, Bentham didn't give it as a try, he gave benefit of the doubt, what else was he to do in the situation? Not give it because Leeds' fans didn't want it to be given?

That's for fairly obviously reasons.