Not wanting to stoke the fire but is 1 game enough? I mean seriously is it really that hard to count the number of tackles?

Surely to get to the top flight of refereeing you must along the way be tested for basic numerical abilities.

Whats the solution a recorded 5 being shouted over the tannoy?

They need to be careful with this. The refereeing in the Saints v Wigan game was absolutely horrendous, so why isn't he banned as well? If you are going to ping one ref with a suspension, you have to start doing it to them all when they are poor.

It all comes back to the fact that the referees in Super League are there purely because they are the only fools who put their hands up to do the job. They are not competent people and should not be in such roles. The touch judges are worse.

Mr Morgan and Mr Agar would say not - the latter tried that approach last season after Mr Child's disgraceful performance in the Hull v Castleford game, and was slapped with a 6 grand fine under the Respect agenda.

If coaches are openly critical of ref's in SL, there appears to be a closing of ranks.

IIRC it was also Bentham who bottled the red card when Tommy Lee made a stiff arm tackle right in front of him.

TBH, of course its not hard to count to five, but its one more thing to be thinking about when I'd prefer as much attention as possible is given to the play. Wouldn't be hard to have a large, but cheap digital display in each corner giving the tackle count, controlled from upstairs. Handy for spectators too.

Or they can do what I do when I am watching and count as the tackles are completed.
By the way am not a RL offical of an discription but somehow manage it.