Second week running that our referee has been in the Championship for the next game.

Co-incidence?

Childs should be afraid for the week after

I still dont see what Ganson did to get demoted, he always ref's like that and no one had bothered before

In fact there was never any official word that he was "demoted". As said, there are more refs than gigs, so maybe he simply made way to let the excellent Mr Roby improve yet further (if that were possible) with some more SL experience.

I see Mr Ganson has the south of France jolly this week, so he ain't exactly in any doghouse, is he, while the rest freeze off their nuts.

Maybe that why he went down a grade, so that he would get to go to france more often

Is it a coincidence that Stuart cummins has stepped down as refs boss today?

Oooooohhh the plot thickens

Anything is better than Roby (I hope)

Child's is the worst of a very bad bunch

Our lass could do a better job

No doubt 30+ penalties this week

Well looking at the stats, it seems Hicks has been the penalty machine. It shows how bad Roby was last week that my initial reaction when i saw we had Childs was, "Thank god we've not got Roby again" which says everything about his performance last week. Although i'm sure Mr. Childs will do his best to trump him

It was always a hope once the NRL changed the Referee Heads that Sod Hall would be looking to do the same?? maybe Nobby as the Daniel Anderson equivalent, there have been positive signs re the refs in the pre season matchs in the NRL, less refererals to the VR and when they do they say whether they think its a try or not when they refer, the policing of the shoulder charge will be interesting one the season gets under way!

I hope he passed the test last week - at least I hope he doesn't have to come back for a re-sit. Maybe he could take some videos home to study and do an on-line test before being inflicted on paying customers again?

I would have been very disappointed HAD Ganson been demoted. IMO he did nothing to warrant it at all.

Pleasingly very little on here celebrating the departure of Stuart Cummins, which has been met with celebrations akin to the death of Saddam Hussain on some of the inbred boards. It will make little difference to fans' reaction to decisions against their team.

I think we long ago tired of getting wound up about him. To be honest, he's been almost the invisible man for so long now anyway that its been easy to forget he was still on their payroll.

Interesting to see that they do not seem to be contemplating a direct replacement, instead dividing his duties between Ian Smith & Jon Sharp?

As long as it's consistent and not "one rule for the home team, another rule for the away team", that will be fine by me.