One or two match ban then. RFL have been very tough this season on punches being thrown, somehow I don't think this will apply to Leeds players!

I think you have to get caught throwing a punch before you can get banned for one.

Yeah Hetherington will use his influence and ensure no Leeds players get banned. It helps having a CEO that also runs the RFL.

Classic Gary no Leeds player has ever been banned

If that qualifies has a punch from a prop then the game has gone soft. ? My gran used to hit me harder than that.

Bentham cautioned Delaney for running in, Sinfield had to point out Delany was stood right there. Glad to see our officials with their finger on the pulse.

Add it to the list of calls Bentham got wrong on the night.

You can see where JP's Long Bar comments are coming from - he's starting to build a very similar back catalogue to the one Silverwood had with Leeds in recent years.

What were JPs Long Bar comments

IIRC they alluded to the history that Bentham is building of making poor calls at key moments in games against Leeds.

Oh dear oh dear, always thought JP was better than that

Think the Bulls have more to complain about over the years in derby games about bad ref decisions going in Leeds favour

Not really. They have one complaint over a howler at the end of a meaningless game. They haven't been robbed of a Challenge Cup final win.

Not exactly.
We may have been robbed of the chance of a Cup Final win.
It would be interesting to know the Leeds win/loss record with Bentham as the ref over recent seasons.
IIRC we had great results with him as ref initially, but it may now have changed.
I could of course be totally wrong but I'm sure that TVOC will provide us with the relevant info.
I wonder how long it will be until Thaler turns against us?

I meant 2003 not 2011. Think a victory was certain if Smith got the Calderwood/Vainakolo call right.

Phil Bentham, Won, Lost, Won
2007 - Lost, Lost, Won, Drew
2008 - Won, Lost, Won, Won, Won, Won
2009 - Won, Lost, Lost, Won, Lost, Won
2010 - Won, Drew, Won, Won, Won, Won
2011 - Lost, Won, Lost, Won, Won
2012 - Won, Lost
2013 - Won, Drew

Played 36, Won 22 (61%), Drew 3 (8%), Lost 11 (31%)

(The 11 losses were as follows: St Helens 4, Wigan 3, Hull 2, Bradford 1, Castleford 1)

Leeds' record V All Teams with All Officials over the same period 2006 to 2013:

Played 248, Won 168 (68%), Drew 4 (2%), Lost 76 (31%)

The interesting thing to me from the above is that Bentham has officiated in 75% of Leeds' draws over the past complete 7 seasons (and a bit) and all three with Bentham were V Bradford. The shift in % with Bentham appears contained within the win transfer to draw column.