Ok - this post comes with the now familiar disclaimer.

This is not a [i"we was beat by the ref"[/i because we weren't. We were completely out played in every department and the scoreline flattered us, but...

Child is so far out of his depth it's embarrassing. This guy is would be out of his depth reffing a schoolboy under 12's nine's game.

Look up the word "inconsistent" in the Oxford English Dictionary and you'll be presented with a picture of James Child. He takes uselessness to a whole new level.

Although we wouldn't have won with a decent ref I have to say Child's is absolutely shocking!!

Nine's games are hard mate

Childs!!!!..Wasn*t Justin Morgan fined earlier in the season because he had the audacity to speak his mind about this idiot?...Bring back Ronnie Laughton...

Ganson, Kirkpatrick, Smith, Cummings....none of them would have allowed your boys to carry on with their shocking antics: look at your players' mistakes before thinking a different ref would have made any difference. And get a new coach before you drop into obscurity.

It was Richard Agar actually after our home match v Cas. £6000. A record fine I believe.

Didn't Noble go nuts at him on the touchline against Hull FC last year?

Many have mentioned his "performances" but like i've posted many times whilst Stuart Cummings remains in a job this is the kind of standard we can expect.

I agree 100%

27-Mar-11 ….. Won 6 - 28 ….. Wakefield V Leeds ….. Pens For 12 ….. Pens Agst 11
25-Apr-11 ….. Won 34 - 16 ….. Leeds v Crusaders ….. Pens For 11 ….. Pens Agst 6
27-May-11 ….. Lost 6 - 42 ….. Leeds V Warrington ….. Pens For 6 ….. Pens Agst 9
10-Jul-11 ….. Lost 38 - 18 ….. Les Catalans V Leeds ….. Pens For 4 ….. Pens Agst 12

On each of the four occasions Leeds have had James Child officiate the team winning the penalty count went on to win the game.

Coincidence or a basic lesson in the bleeding obvious?

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One rule I'm finding frustrating at the minute is when opposition players find Leeds defenders not stood square it appears to result in the guarantee of a soft penalty, when Leeds go looking for the same infringement it's invarably play on. Or so it seems.

Henderson won a couple of those today but when Buderus had a legitimate call for one he got waved away. Peacock knocked on in that set and Catalan scored.

Typifies where Leeds are at at the moment.

Child is and has been rubbish all season. With no penalty to him. There seems to be no come back on refs for crap games. However we lost and would have regardless of the ref

Spot on.
Plus it seemed to my unbiased eyes ( ) that on a number of occasions the Dragons moved well off the mark to draw the penalty. Something Saints have got away with for years.
On one occasion (that didn't draw an immediate penalty) the player crawled forward about 3 metres nearer to our line before playing the ball.
Finally, in the second half Danny Mags was knocked over by one of their players retreating behind our line on one of the few times we got a quick PTB but again no penalty to us & arguably it should have been a sinbinning.
We were crap but IMV got the rough end of the refereeing stick.