Compared the joker in charge of the rah rah Child is a superb ref

Not covered himself in glory with that decision.Mossop clearly dropped it.Hopefully, he evens it up.

Agreed. Giving a try right up to lining up the conversion then seeing the try on big screen and changing his mind

that's the worst part but his continual usage of the tmo makes sl refs look decisive

Yes they said at half time the first half was 51 minutes with the video ref decisions

Can't believe that, only thing Hicks has got wrong all night and would have been a Saints try.

he did well in what was a tough game. progressing well as a ref

Hicks got a couple of things wrong last night, no big deal.
I actually think Child's better than he used to be and could even make a good ref

Hicks is a dangerous fella, too involved with reffing the person rather than the offence, and also reffing the team rather than the offence. The forward pass he gave against Saints on Friday night was an awful decision, not a hang able offence when taken in isolation, but I've watched him from my eyrie in the North Stand ignore far worse on a regular basis in his role as touch judge. When Frog Eyes cheated by throwing the ball into the grounded Saints player Hicks was weak in awarding a penalty, awarding it only because it was O'Loughlin and Wigan. The only good thing about having him out in the middle is that he can be scrutinised and brought to book a lot easier. He is a real danger on the touch line when his interventions are invariably to the detriment of Leeds. It's like death by a thousand cuts when he gets you with lots of sly little calls from the safety of touch judge down his little microphone.

None the less it was a clear penalty. Reminded me a bit of Burrow running deliberately into an offside player to earn the game-winning penalty that dumped wigan out of the play offs a few years back.

Would it? Quinlan would've beaten Bowen, Smith and Burgess?

Douglas Bader could beat Smith.

You spoil a reasonable discussion with a stupid paranoid sentence.