I think the point of rugby league; being a sport played by elite athletes is that it is a fast paced, exciting game that is good to watch and a sport that spectators will pay money to see. All of what you have said in your initial post would work to slow the game down and would have been extremely frustrating from a fans and probably a players perspective too. I think refs get a lot of stick... maybe unneccesary criticism. Sometimes they make mistakes, but so do the players, probably moreso. Fans have a right to moan about the referees, thats what they pay their money for but i think its unfair to constanly criticise referees. For what its worth i thought the ref did a good job tonight and although i have seen some strange decisions throughout this years competition - it is all part of the game and we just have to accept that.

Me been a very bad lad when i played i think all refs are w_nkers and alway will be there just geeks who did not have the balls to play the game deserve .

The issue with the Cas game was not the ref making a mistake but a bad rule that needs changing

When Rangi Chase dropped on the ball how was he to know who had placed their hand on his back ?

If it had been a Catalans player he was deemed tackled

If it was a Cas player it was play on

And what exactly in the rules states that a player cannot play the ball backwards between his legs in general play ?

If a player thinks he is tackled then all that should happen is he loses a tackle from the six

To give a penalty is crazy

Bad rule

Extrapolate from IF chase hadn't dropped the ball!

What next?

I agree, should be a knockon really...

At worst

Really the ref should be able to allow a re playing of the ball to re start play with the guilty team just losing one play the ball

Chase was in a no win situation and this has happened and been discussed on here before