Are we still going to have this chump dumped on us every week in the Championship?

Can anyone put the record straight on the ball not going the 10m??

Yes it went past but landed 5m from the half way line! Not sure wind is in the rule book?

I don't really see the confusion, the ball just has to travel 10 metres. When the ball is kicked short and knocked backwards it hasn't landed either. As long as nobody touches the ball before it goes 10m then there is no problem.

The mistakes he made were crucial as 4 tries were scored following either a poor decision or a wrong decision, or even no decision at all. His refereeing was not up to scratch.
The 10 metre kick ended up at 5 metres due to the wind factor, however the Hull player who took the ball cleanly was only on 5 metres from the kick off, not sure what the ruling is, but to my mind it was a penalty to the Bulls because the ball or the player did not finish over the 10 mtr line. Simple logic really, because the Ball had been kicked high and no one could say how far it travelled in the air?

There is a d!ckhead called Jake the peg. It's a Hull fan. It knows everything (or thinks it does). It'll be along soon to explain the rules. When it has stopped sulking of course.

The ball only has to travel past the 10m mark, it did this up in the air before being blown back - play on correct decision it's not that hard to grasp surely

Or, to be completely accurate, every person in the ground who is not registered blind could 100% definitely say the ball went more than 10 before it was blown back

What I found difficult was in normal circumstances the players contesting the kickoff, would have been near or over the 10 to ensure they could defend the kick. The Hull player did not have to reverse to take the ball! Obviously memory of an incident sometimes lets me and all the other registered blind people down! However it looked like a ploy, and if we had encroached into the 10, would Robert H, have penalised us for offside??? And in windy conditions could not a side do this every time they kicked off, to gain such an advantage? (a hair is split, now)

Another bone of contention was the "Free" play that saw us knock on and Hull take up the advantage, they then gave a forward pass that if not seen by the Ref. may have resulted in a try. Obviously RH followed the rules and gave a scrum for the first offence. However if a try had have been scored because the FP was missed, that would have been a mockery of that rule and what's more since when is a side allowed to commit a rule breaking play, and then the non offenders be penalised by losing possession because they committed the first error prior to the advantage being given to the opposition?

So not sure of the free play ruling, the coaches are obviously teaching players how to exploit it now, by breaking the rules, at the time I personally had no doubt that the FP was deliberate, (technically offside) which could have resulted in a try. Of course the 10 metre fiasco with wind factor resulted in a try, and the crowd showed their dissent vocally. Only about a couple of thousand of the blind portion of our supporters, of course???
Another point FA do we have to pay extra for the Labrador's??

Not sure in the kick off but I doubt you could get it that wrong if the ruling isn't that it has to travel 10m in the air only so I'm not bothered about that.

It's some of the other calls or calls he doesn't give. He missed one high shot in Adam O'Brien when he wasn't even watching play.

He was even levelling up at the end of the first half by pinging Hull every two seconds.

It's every other match we get him too.

If we get him for the Widnes match they should accidentally on purpose flood the refs changing room so they have to get changed in the pavilion and walk through the crowds.

It's not right we get him so often. The appointment of referees need to be more transparent and logical - IE if there are 8 refs - we should get an equal proportion of appointments spread over the eight?

What particularly annoys me about Hicks (for both sides) - he often actually misses incidents or he is not watching the play - and when he is in doubt - its a penalty against the defending team. He gave pens yesterday for incidents he was clearly not looking at - drives me round the twist

Incidentally, the rule about the wind also applies to passing the ball, so long as the ball is initially passed backwards it is OK, many of those shouts of "forward", were therefore also totally wrong.

If I have any real complaint against Hicks it was his application, or [inon[/i application, of the offside law. He allowed both sides to encroach far too much at the ptb for my liking.

Hicks has refereed Bradford 9 times this season in 24 SL games. That is more than any referee has taken control of any team, next is Thaler and Widnes (7 times).

There were a few odd looking decisions yesterday but nothing that I thought was that bad. The only annoyance was the non policing of the 10m rule at the PTB and the slowness of the PTB for both sides. It made for a very slow game at times with both teams messing about deliberately. I know it’s hard for a ref to simultaneously keep an eye on the PTB and the offside but just about every PTB had someone offside.

The sooner we adopt the dual ref system they have in the NRL the better. Their PTB is much cleaner leading to quicker games and less cynical play in that area. I don’t know if we have enough refs but if not then there should be a recruitment drive and some money put in to develop and support them so they can do the job better.

His appreciation of the rules of the game are inconsistent at best but the performance of the touch judges was even worse. I don't understand what their roles are currently?hull's last try should have been chalked off due to sa's obvious infringement against the defending Adam o'brien. To change and maintain a running line whilst putting yr shoulder against the defender is against the rules and how the touch judge was unaware when he was stood right beside them is embarrassing for our game. Hicks control of the ten metre line is pitiful, he was constantly gesturing for both teams line to come back the full ten with both teams ignoring him to very little consequence. He needs to man up and make a call for repeated infringements, for the repeated failure of the team not making the defensive ten every tackle he should penalise twice then look at putting someone in the sin bin, potentially the captain, will make teams understand the impact of being consistently offside.