Quote: Bulliac "Thought we were outplayed in every department by Widnes, which I guess many of us largely expected - they were too big, too strong, and had far too much class for us, but, of course, they are a Super League side and we're not.
I'm disappointed that the RFL didn't show the game a bit more respect, given that 'every second counts', [or whatever..] and send a Super League referee. I've forgiven him his inexperience before, and I accept, it isn't totally his fault as the RFL keep chucking him in to games which are clearly way beyond his competence level, but he was truly awful yesterday. I can forgive poor decisions, after all there are 'dodgy' decisions every game, but not when they all go one way and ruin what should have been a decent match. Not that it changed the result, but it was almost as though he had an agenda, set before kick off, course that can't be true, can it?'"
That is exactly my point about Child, when he reffed Leigh v Wakefield. On reviewing his decisions against Leigh, there can be no dispute that they were correct. Our 'discipline' was at fault. It's just that his decisions all went one way - for me, it seemed that Wakefield got away with more, because of our indiscipline. (sounds crazy, I know, but he didn't appear to see their indiscretions)
Now, we then got Child again, for the Sheffield match and it appeared that he was carrying on from the previous game. To issue a 'team warning' on conceding our FOURTH penalty, (when Sheffield had already conceded FOUR) seemed a bit hasty, and not at all impartial. It was a nailed-on certainty, that we would get someone sin-binned in the next set, and that is exactly what happened to Ridyard - a player who isn't exactly high up on anyone's list of 'sinners'!
I'm sure no ref is 'biased' but all we can ask is that they are a bit more even handed in controlling these games.
On the subject of SL referees, is it just my imagination that they allow defenders more time to clear the tackle, than Championship refs do?