Once again in a massive match a "top" British referee bottles it and fails to send a player off at a vital time. Silverwood you softcock.

The spear deserved a red and why were so many warnings given to Storm about holding down yet after every single offence, he did no more than award a penalty.

I don't think Senior's foul mouthing was quite worth sending off, but then again, I don't know exactly what he said.

seeing as it wasn't a spear tackle he got the decision right

Silverwood appeared to warn Storm about lying on...........then the next time they did it he just gave a penalty and didn't bin anyone (so why the warning)............then in the second half he just wiped the slate clean and started again..............d1ck!


and B.B.B it doesn't need to be a spear tackle to send him off...............it was a dangerous tackle and as such can be punishable by a sending off..............you've made it clear in most of your other posts that you know very little about rugby league.

Mr Southstander himself has said it is a spear tackle in the report. Seeing as his word is final in these here lands, we can safely assume it is a spear. HTH

A key decision was to allow Melbourne to quick tap their penalty which led to the try, he hadnt even given the signal that it was a penalty before they ran it, Leeds line was solid all night but they were given no chance to set and they scored in the corner, watch it again and Silverwood has no idea what is happening - later when Leeds tried to quick tap a 20m restart he sent them back

SL rules say you cant quick tap a penalty (not since Jacko) and can quick tap a 20 restart

Typical english attitude from Silverwood, lets play to their rules, of course the aussies could never be wrong - the PTB was the slowest you will see all season, when he warns them he doesnt follow up on it at the next penalty and there was no control hence the brawls - dump tackle off the ball is a sinbinning at least for mine

And when Melbourne tried the quick tap earlier in the game he disallowed it, then Leeds got away with a faster one. Swings and roundabouts.

Will the game not have been played under International Rules? I know these ban quick 20m but not sure what they say about penalties.

Oh well there it is then. If Mr Southstander says it it must be true.

It wasn't a spear.

Turn your sarcasm/'in jest'-o-meter on B 'n A.

I;m not sure what constitues a spear exactly.

But scrutons against saints in 08 is probably the worst one you will see recently.

His legs were raised above the horizontal, but he landed on his back not his head.

In any case it don't think it warranted sending off.

It wasn't a spear tackle it was a dangerous throw off the ball.

Similar to one Gareth Hock carried out on Matt Diskin in the FE game in 2007 for which Hock was put on report by Ganson (not one to send anyone off, when they are facing Leeds.) Hock received a two match ban at the disciplinary.

It was only a friendly anyway.