I presume we have the best set of full-time refs the RFL can muster, in which case you're not going to be able to magic up new referees next week. I also presume all these referees are coached/trained/developed by the RFL to help them improve. All slagging the ref does is deter younger and future referees from signing up, thereby reducing the pool of competent officials for the future. So I say there's a direct link between abusing the ref and their competence in future years, and the people to blame are the coaches, directors and fans who commit this abuse. It's been said many times on this forum that you should take up the whistle yourself rather than complaining, because if nothing else you'll find out how bad you and your knowledge is.

I would say that Mr Childs is not a very popular person in Leigh today. Ihave seen some poor and biased reffing in the past but last night was possibly the worst.

Yet if you had won the game and gone through to the next round - which you didn't - you and all the others would be saying what a fantastic ref he was.

God fans are so fickle.

If that is the case then that is no way a decent salary fopr full time officials and is bound to reduce the pool of available talent.

Time to go back to part time refs but would better expenses/ financial package.