The sending off was one of the worst I have seen from recent memory - Pulutua hit the chest and it was a pearler of a tackle. In the NRL they would have had that in top 10 tackles of the season, over here the game is being reduced less and less in terms of physicality.

Been on the end of those tackles myself and done a couple down the years and they are completely valid in my book. Think some people may have listened too much to Jon Wells who was garbage as a player and is even worse as a summariser.

I recall Ryan Bailey hitting Maurie Faasavalu with a shoulder and nothing being awarded which looked a hell of a lot worse then what Pulutua did last night.

Then there was the video ref. The last 'try' of the kick was undoubtedly a try. The Catalans player jumped fairly for the ball in my book and it was a mistake by Makinson.

The usual post match events will happen - Cummings will come out with a load of guff about how the right decisions were made etc and it will all be swept under the carpet. I was amazed that it was Ian Smith who disallowed the try given Saints' run ins with him since he was dropped for the Huddersfield game.

Anyone who thinks that the knock on try was valid has rocks in their head. The ball clearly was propelled forward.

I dont think Saints will consider themselves lucky at all (with the exception of that terrible VR decision on the last try). They'll be pleased about how they outscored the opposition in tries as well as points despite a heavy penalty count against them and playing with 12 men for the last 10 minutes. Job done after they conspired to throw the game away against Catalans at LP earlier in the season.

I can understand the frustration with the sending off because it was a massive hit and looked at first showing to be nothing more than a massive hit and had either Puletua or the Catalans player being a fraction of a second faster then it would have been nothing more than a massive hit, but Puletua was a fraction early, his arm had started rise and he hit him in the head, its a sending off. The risk/reward for that type of hit is huge, and it is supposed to be. The responsibility is on Puletua to get that right, by a very very small margin he didnt. Sending off is right, probably sending off sufficient imo.

The Millard no try was just a nonsense, there is no defence whatsoever for that decision and either the VR is incompetent, or if he is following through on Cummins interpretation, Cummins in incompetent. Millard obstructed/interfered with Makinson no more than Makinson obstructed/interfered with Millard, they competed for the ball.

Inglis has just got away with a challenge worse than Puletuas

I didn't say they would - I said they can.

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Appalling video ref decision to disallow the Cats try.

But it wasn't a knock-on, as the ball did not touch the floor or a Saints player. It may have been a forward pass, and therefore the VR cannot disallow the try.
Unless they have changed the rules without me noticing.

Speaking of Hicks he had another dire game this time as a touchie yesterday. One of his decisions don't disadvnatged either team but it could have done. Bradford kicked into Leeds corner and the ball clearly bounced on the line then bounced back in field. Hall stopped, Bradford stopped, but for some reason Hicks played on. Thankfully Leeds got tackled in the corner and no team and any real advantage, but it could of been a costly error to leeds if Bradford had have scored.

Then another decison, Bradford player was been tackled right in front of Hicks, the tackle was completed then suddenly the ball shot out and went about 5 meteres from the tackle and somehow Hicks said Bradford lost the ball when he was standing right in front of it. He has been worse than Childs this year has Hicks.

Back in 2011, Fax seemed to get Hicks in the middle for almost every game at the business end of the season. What a relief it was when he was promoted to the Super League list, you are welcome to him.

Hopefully Stokes will be on his way up soon - please!

The only way that would matter is if the same player who knocked it forward was to regather it. Millard knocked - not passed, knocked - the ball towards the Saints line. It touched another player before he could regather it. Textbook knock on.