Mr Child has been consistently bad at all the Catalan games i've witnessed at Perpignan - he's not been biased,just rubbish for whichever team has been playing.He is a poor ref but no other ref would have made any difference to the outcome - you lot were outplayed by a better drilled/coached outfit on the day.Well played Catalans,what a difference a coach makes........

I've got to agree. I think Childs is appalling, but he didn't make Leeds lose. We are shocking in defence this year, and dis-jointed in attack. Childs should still be questioned by his superiors though.
I know I may be out on a limb, but I reckon Ben Thaler is one of the best refs around. I know he makes the odd mistake, but they all do. He is at least consistent.

can't imagine how Mr Childs has kept his post TBH ! he's consistently bad IMO...

they all will always mak mistakes and about with Mr Thaler though for me Mr.Alibert has been the most consistent so far this season

what's worrying me this season is the lack of support and inability of the TDs to make the correct decisions when some decisions are so bl*****g obvious from the stands...

How polite are the French, to self-edit bleeding.

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.

bloody right mate !

thought it was clever play by Hendo,he spotted the bad organisation in the Leeds side and played it to his teams' advantage - he's been playing really well in the past couple of months and doesn't get the praise he deserves IMO.
Disappointed with the Rhinos performance - the body language doesn't look right.I saw them arrive at the ground and all the players and staff looked terrified as though the pressure was really on them to get the points.Very reminiscent of the Catalans last season with Mr Walters in charge......

The Webmaster is spot on..............Even in the games where Child officiated when we won he was shocking, had it not been for the poor opposition the result may have been different. We're all waiting for Mr Cummins statement on the Blanche try and how he got it wrong....it was definitely a game breaker, that said we were poor.

Incidentally.............

Hicks...........................played 2 Won 2
Silverwood....................played 4 Won 3 Drawn 1
Alibert..........................played 4 Won 2 Lost 2
Child............................played 4 Won 2 Lost 2
Thaler..........................played 3 Won 1 Lost 2
Ganson.........................played 3 Won 1 Lost 2
Bentham.......................played 1 Lost 1

Lets hope its Hicks of Friday

I am in no way blaming the ref for the poor performance and defeat but a few things baffled me......

* being sat behind the posts i could see this better than i normally do at headingley......I dont think the Dragons players were stood square at the PTB for the entire 2nd half
* WHY??? after all 3 officials allowed play to go on did they decide to go back to the half way to sin bin Delaney for the late challenge just because a Dragons player kicked off starting a 24 man 'brawl'? i didnt think the man in the stand was allowed to be in full contact with the ref...
* Menzies 'spilt ball onto his head' is given as a knock on in every game ive seen it happen in in years.....Childs signalled nothing!!! not play on, not went backwards....NOTHING!


And that new stand is a death trap!!!!

what a whinger ! you lot were beaten fair & square end of.

Leeds were rubbish,badly coached off field and badly disciplined on it.Hendo gave you the run around and as for the so called defence allowing the OAP to run in a try was pathetic !

the brawl was spotted by the lino on the Guasch Tribune side who told Mr Child hence the correct decision for a ten minute sin-bin - nothing to do with a 'man in the crowd',grow up FFS !

the new stand is brilliant with some great views (not so good behind the floodlight pylon in the corner though).If you don't like heights then sit elsewhere.....

I cant remember reading any comment anywhere near the notion that we lost the game due to the ref

If the best 4 refs in the NRL had reffed that game we would still have got walloped, maybe by more points

But that doesn't change the fact that the ref was sheiiiite

Agreed, we would have lost whoever ref the game but child is very poor and had a poor game

Royston Vasey opens his mesage with "I am in no way blaming the ref..." so then he goes on to point out several points which should have been spotted by the ref thus contradicting himself big-time !
The ref was rubbish but rubbish for both teams ! he's been awful at all the home Catalan games i've seen so how is he allowed to continue at this level ?
He had no help from the TJs and the BJB step on the whitewash leading up to the Leeds try was scandalous !
I was seated directly behind the incident about thirty yards up and saw his foot clearly touch the whitewash,along wth a couple of thousand other speccies so how the f*** can a lino just one yard away NOT see it ? it was an absolute joke.