I've seen the Ganson half time thing mentioned a couple of times now, IT IS STANDARD PROCEDURE, it happens all the time. Ref's have coaches, just like the players.

50/50 call on Ferres? Don't be stupid, it was a clear red card, and Huddersfield got a lot of calls.

I will give you though, the penalty leading up to the Ferres card, the one where Walsh hit out at McGilvery and somehow got a penalty, was ridiculous. And the drop goal was a goal.

"Huddersfield got a lot of calls" - would you care to enlighten us regarding this statement as you have identified two cases where we clearly didn't at crucial times??????

You also had a 10-4 penalty count up to that point. I guess that is just forgotten about isn't it?

Like I said it was a bad call with the Walsh and McGilvary situation, where probably the Ferres incident would never have happened. It was a bad call for the drop goal.

But don't hide behind saying everything was against.

Yes we had a 10 - 4 penalty count, but I'm pretty sure that was 10 penalties to Saints!!!!!!!

I can't believe anyone is criticising the sending off decision. If other refs have put a similar tackle on report (to be honest I haven't seen many like it outside pro wrestling) then they were wrong and their lead shouldn't be followed in the name of consistency.

Hudds will feel aggrieved by the drop goal. But it's an error. People make them. To suggest it's bias is just foil-hatted rambling.

The sending off was not 50/50, clear red. While I don't think a lot of this particular ref as others have said least he had the bottle to make the decision I bet a few would have put it on report.
Bad tackle and bad timing, should get a fair few games for that

Straight red and Ferres to take over the undertaker at wrestlemania. Well executed piledriver If You ask me this is RL not WWE.

It was 10-4 against Huddersfield mate.

Ferres was a clear red and I am glad Bentham made the call. I thought Bentham was having a good game but the Walsh McGilvary call was, as you say, dreadfully wrong. That really benefitted Saints in the momentum of the game.

The drop goal was 50/50 but he should have gone to the VR, having over-used it during the game. If he needs the VR to help him decide that a plyer is tackled in the air then use it for that. Like Him says, the VR may not have been conclusive in any event.

Huddersfield can blame Ferres and Brough's terrible kicking for that loss.

No, it is not standard procedure at all and no one has ever known it happen before... so not standard. I have it on very good authority that Ganson gave Roby one almighty bollocking at Wakefield from one of the Wakefield staff members. They could not hear exactly what was being said, but they could head Ganson shouting from in the corridor outside the ref's room! Equally, I think it is difficult to argue that Roby's performance, while I don't believe corrupt or biased, was sub-standard & advantaged Saints on the day because you had two players subsequently suspended following the game that both should have been red card incidents.

Quote Inflatable_Armadillo="Inflatable_Armadillo"No, it is not standard procedure at all and no one has ever known it happen before... so not standard. I have it on very good authority that Ganson gave Roby one almighty bollocking at Wakefield from one of the Wakefield staff members. They could not hear exactly what was being said, but they could head Ganson shouting from in the corridor outside the ref's room! Equally, I think it is difficult to argue that Roby's performance, while I don't believe corrupt or biased, was sub-standard & advantaged Saints on the day because you had two players subsequently suspended following the game that both should have been red card incidents.'" Yes it is standard procedure and it happens regularly. The referees have a coach for the game, in this case Ganson. The referee coach discusses the performance with the referee at half time, as the team coaches do. To say nobody has ever known it happen before simply isn't true, I asked somebody I know who would know about these sort of things and they confirmed that it's nothing new at all and a regular occurence. Agar may not have been aware of it and Ganson may have rightly or wrongly shouted at Roby, either way it's a non event and completely blown out of proportion by ignorant comments by Agar. www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/ ... om-actions

Quote Inflatable_Armadillo="Inflatable_Armadillo"No, it is not standard procedure at all and no one has ever known it happen before... so not standard. I have it on very good authority that Ganson gave Roby one almighty bollocking at Wakefield from one of the Wakefield staff members. They could not hear exactly what was being said, but they could head Ganson shouting from in the corridor outside the ref's room! Equally, I think it is difficult to argue that Roby's performance, while I don't believe corrupt or biased, was sub-standard & advantaged Saints on the day because you had two players subsequently suspended following the game that both should have been red card incidents.'" Yes it is standard procedure and it happens regularly. The referees have a coach for the game, in this case Ganson. The referee coach discusses the performance with the referee at half time, as the team coaches do. To say nobody has ever known it happen before simply isn't true, I asked somebody I know who would know about these sort of things and they confirmed that it's nothing new at all and a regular occurence. Agar may not have been aware of it and Ganson may have rightly or wrongly shouted at Roby, either way it's a non event and completely blown out of proportion by ignorant comments by Agar. www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/ ... om-actions

Honestly thought that Rugby League fans were knowledgeable,,then this comes up......ah well.!!!!!