I'm going to buck the trend and say I thought Thaler had a cracking game. Some refs get too involved in matches and he let the game be played by the important people on the pitch, the players.
Every time I've seen George Williams this year he's impressed me. It looks like they've got a real cracker on their hands there.

I agree, as along as both teams get the same grace re skinny 10m and PTB, which he did I don't mind, I hate the stop start games with the red constantly blowing up

I think he did well, usual GF performance from a referee who knows to let the game flow and not make himself the certain of attention, even Silverwood has accomplished this in the past. Whilst I wish they could perform with that type of performance weekly I appreciate that teams do clean up their acts in a final. Thought Wigan weren't too bad for their niggly stuff, sure some moments but not as bad as you often see from them.

I think the spectre of Flower last year did play a part in Wigan toning down some of their niggally nasty stuff,and that was to their detriment.

I felt sure that Farrell was far enough away from McGuire that he could have pulled out of landing on him. I regarded it as typical of the player. Having said that he was I thought far & away Wigan's best forward. Williams was a constant threat among the backs.

O 'loughlin was interviewed pretty much straight after the game. Wane had time to reflect and compose himself.

Mags had grounded the ball then Farrell ran 2-3 metres and then dropped on him. Totally deliberate $h1thouse cheap shot. I agree with Andy, thought he was trying to ride Mags into the boards head first.
Much like the vigorous facial massage the Wigan captain handed out to Danny in the last 10 minutes - weak and ultimately pointless.
Forget it now. Sure Mags has.

Wane had 12 months to reflect and compose himself before saying that Wigan won a "moral victory" last year with 12 men. If that's the best he can come up with after 12 months reflection I think he did pretty well to even mention Leeds last night.

I thought that prior to Wigan's first try when Burrow kicked through, that Bowen fumbled and lost the ball and that Farrell picked the ball up in an offside position?
It was IMO a penalty to Leeds
In that set Wigan scored with Burgess going over in the corner

Am i right or have i missed something?

From memory, I think the ruling was that Farrell had gone back behind the point where Bowen touched the ball, which gets him onside.

Back to back moral victorys. They are welcome to it. The caveman must be very proud.