I don't think I've said this before, but I agree with you. One late hit by Farrell in the 1st half should have been a penalty, possibly a yellow. Nothing in any of the other incidents that Stevo was wetting himself about. A home crowd will always shout for late hits, laying on and forward passes, even more so if they feel an injustice has been done. Smith and Tomkins at the end was embarrassing, like the surrender of our lead.
My view on Ah Van is that it was accidental, but going in with a closed fist and contacting with the head, with these new head injury regulations, is likely to be a red card. Does the tackler not have a duty of care to the other player, I'm sure I read this when SOL caught a player on the head who had slipped last Good Friday?

Does Percival have speed issues - can't think of any other reason why he would be nearer the Catalans line than the ball everytime Catalans had a PTB in the Saints 20. He was so far offside it was embarrassing to see.

Burns was the same.

I think Percival has over eager to impress issues. It's his first season where he's seen as a serious contender as a regular and wanted to earn it more than normal. I'm sure he'll settle down as he gets used to it

He did some good tackles last night.

2 very heated first games to start the season off. It's certainly going to be interesting to see how the refs go after these first two games.