Jamie Peacock didnt play well tonight at the end. Rest of game he was fine.
Still think the ref has the RL Chief exec's ear to keep the league as close as possible though. Every time except 2 has had a draw i think!!!

What he said. Pathetic blaming the ref with some of the poor decision making & standard of play from the players.

One of the worst refereeing performances of the year if not more

Got every contentious decision wrong, and seemed to be guessing most of the time.

he missed knock ons , he got turnover rulings wrong, he wasn't consistent at all.

then obviously got the hump with Leeds & seemed hell bent on getting the Bulls over for that last try

what rounded the night off for me was Scruton trying to take Baileys head off getting laid out flat in the process then Bailey getting marched back 10 yards & told off

Have Rhinos never won a game off the back of some poor decisions. Of course not, they're always the victims.

Why do you feel the need to repeat what JP did?
I've already said it was a penalty and agree his dissent deserved a yellow but ateod all that happened in the 1st incident was pushing.
As for specific incidents Sammut x2 and L'estrange committed just the same offences in the 2nd half which could have resulted in penalties that weren't given and im sure if you look hard enough there'll be others showing Leeds players doing the same so if he isnt penalising the offence earlier why wait to do it at all it points to inconsistency imo.
Also for the visitors to the forum not once have i blamed the official for the result and posted clearly the draw was a fair result in the end.

Having just caught the Whitehead dump tackle and aftermath I'm still at a loss as to how Bentham allows him to stay on the pitch

I can't believe fans are calling for a Red for that 'Spear tackle'

There was no intent to spear, it was a tackle around the waist, there was no lifting between the legs there was no driving the player into the deck. When the player went past the horizontal he started to pull out of the tackle realising the way he was going.

You see those kind of tackles every couple of weeks and every time it's a penalty because the tackle has become dangerous. But it's simply down to the way bodies move in the tackle. You can't in a split second account for the way a player is going to fall.

To me it's very similar to a high shot when a player is going down in the tackle. There is no intent but because it ends up around his head a penalty must be given, regardless of the fact the players intent.

But as I said earlier, fans have their blinkers on and only see what they want to see. If we are going to red every player who makes dangerous tackles, then Leeds and Bradford would have had about 5 or 6 reds between them last night, simply from tackles that hit high despite the intention.

We could start with Maguire who gave a lovely high shot near the end of the game. No contact with the shoulders, straight red, no need to look at intent or the fact the player was falling causing maguire to end up around the head.

wrong.
he got one decision wrong all night,the knock on against sinfield,the rest of the time he had no option but to penalise both teams for indiscipline,leeds in particular were petulant and niggly in the last 10-15 minutes when they should have been composed and seen the game out.are you suggesting bentham was wrong to penalise peacock for his push on bateman? had he not done that sinfield would have probably won the game with the drop goal.
are you seriously suggesting he was wrong to penalise leeds for offside in the last 2 minutes and giving peacock his marching orders thus allowing bradford to steal a point? even before that he could and should have got mcguire for pushing sammut as he was trying to play the ball.
not one of the officials calls last night cost leeds, as i've said previously,leeds players indiscipline cost leeds,to blame the officials is way off the mark.

he tells whitehead that he had already let him go before he hit the ground which is why he didn't send him off, to be fair to JJb he just got stright up and got on with it.

As usual the comments on here are of mixed accuracy etc. Yes, Ablett and Peacock lost it and went into red mist mode. Sadly that's what happens when the ref spends almost the whole game forgetting to get the Bulls players onside (I did not notice it as much the other way - obviously), and gets no help from his touch judges, one of whom should have gone to Specsavers as he couldn't spot a forward pass when it was right in front of him ( 3 in one movement?) They should be able to rein it in - they didn't and it cost us. If Bails had shoved the young TJ he would have gone over as his thin long legs would not have been enough to hold him up. I just hate it when an officlal has the greatest influence on the outcome of a game instead of the players' skill and hate it even more if some players enhance that incompetence by losing their rag.
Without Bentham's many errors - both ways - we would probably have won, but we should be able to overcome his inept performance. Last night that was just too much and so a draw was probably a 'fair' but very disappointing result, because it was influenced by things other than the skills and talent that were on show from two sets of players.

But he still took him beyond horizontal which still an issue

Correct call on JJB, top effort that which I didn't fully see in the South Stand

Sorry, the game was influenced by the players, Leeds players in particular.
If they'd have used their skills and talent correctly they may have won the game.
Leeds tried everything to disrupt Bradford late in the game and could have been pinned a lot more.

The Leeds players who played it fair and tried to win the game should be having a word with the others.

Why not?



Still a penalty conceded while in possession and in good field position. Still one of the dumbest things you'll ever see on a rugby field. Similar to giving a penalty away on the 5th tackle and in Leeds' abysmal final nine minute spell we had one of those from Bailey as well. Coach killers.



I understand the point (and don't disagree in principal) but by specific I was hoping for a time in the game so that I could easily locate them and have a look. It's just that I don't recall seeing any (on first viewing) quite as obvious as the Peacock one on 71.

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Another mistake from Bentham - definite penalty, although in fairness he probably knew it was McGuire - the highest try scorer in SL history rather than Maguire - the ex Wigan coach and once upon a time Adelaide full-back skinned by Paul Sterling on his way to a wonder try at Headingley in 1997.

My only beef with Bentham is the spear tackle was a straight red card.

Quote: oldladyrhino " If Bails had shoved the young TJ he would have gone over as his thin long legs would not have been enough to hold him up. '" As I said previously it appeared from the footage that Bailey may have given him a shove. No idea whether it was deliberately aimed at the official or accidental but in live play at 70:25 precisely (clock was still running) Bailey is behind the official and appears to shove him in the back - the official appears to react as if some physical contact has been made. I'll be interested to see what the RFL have to say - if anything - after they suspended Bailey for three matches last year for making deliberate contact with an official: the ruling on that incident can be read here - www.therfl.co.uk/the-rfl/disciplinary/item?3407

Quote: oldladyrhino " If Bails had shoved the young TJ he would have gone over as his thin long legs would not have been enough to hold him up. '" As I said previously it appeared from the footage that Bailey may have given him a shove. No idea whether it was deliberately aimed at the official or accidental but in live play at 70:25 precisely (clock was still running) Bailey is behind the official and appears to shove him in the back - the official appears to react as if some physical contact has been made. I'll be interested to see what the RFL have to say - if anything - after they suspended Bailey for three matches last year for making deliberate contact with an official: the ruling on that incident can be read here - www.therfl.co.uk/the-rfl/disciplinary/item?3407