Quote: Superted "Not sure I've seen it mentioned anywhere, but I must give credit to James Child for his performance. I am one of his biggest critics, and my thoughts on his appointment have been discussed, but I thought he did a really good job on Saturday. He let the game flow, kept himself out of the picture and was I thought very consistent, which is usually the area he struggles IMO. I think Cas can probably feel a little hard done by on some of the dropped ball, there were a few that appeared to be strips, or certainly excessive pressure on the ball, which on another day could have been penalties, but then the same could be said for some of the Leeds dropped ball - and I actually think he got them all right, because my personal view is that the ball carrier should take more responsibility for keeping hold of it, only blatant reefing at the ball should be a penalty in my opinion.
So.... to sum it up, well done James Child - stepped up to the occasion and was on the top of his game.'"
Thought he did well but went a bit overboard trying not to blow up for penalties. It's better than him giving a penalty fest granted but Leeds only got 1 penalty all game and that was for the obstruction no try. Thought there was a stone cold penalty on Walker for a second effort in the set leading to Briscoe's 2nd try, ended up better for us in the end but still doesn't make the call right.
Apart from the knock ons it wasn't too difficult a game to ref but the frustrating thing about him in the past it that in a normal league game he'd have probably found an extra 10-12 penalties. I heard someone at the game complaining about the number of times he went for the VR but they where scores that really did need checking.