He did the Featherstone vs Leigh game last week as well. He hasn't been officially dropped as such, but I believe there are now 8 full-time referees with obviously only 7 games to officiate, a problem that didn't really arise last year because of Bentham's injury. Dare say some of the others may drop sooner rather than later, Mr Childs being first in the queue judging by today's reaction!

Well i expect Alibert to be promoted back to SL this week in place of Childs after seeing the scandalous decision to sin-bin only the Widnes player for that brawl.

I do think that it's a good thing they have more full time referees, that way they have to make sure their performing otherwise they referee a championship game for the week.

Is it me but are the touch judges not wired up to the ref and vice versa. So we all know what is being said in these conversations.

They are wired up and talk all the time

One TJ stays and watches the PTB the other helps the ref with the 10 metre line
TJ have signals to the ref like knock ons, forward passes etc they won't raise ther flags but they make indications
Childs refs like a frustrated TJ

never mind Alibert, sack James Child now. i have never EVER seen a display approaching the levels of incompetancy, nigh outright bias shown on sunday. And i have watched him grind his axe of bias against us several times in the past. Ever since he had a howler when he first officiated us in The Championship, and our fans got on his back he has taken every opportunity to abuse his position and crap on us. its not just being bad, its clearly a case of being actively biased. utterly unprofessional. he shoudl be ashamed of himself. this is not a knee jerk reaction, ever since his first time officating us on The Championship, when he had a howler and justifiably took some stick from our fans - he has taken every opportunity to abuse his position and exact some form of what i can only imagine he sees as petty revenge. mistakes can be excused, imcompetancy can be understood, if not excused. But this guy is utterly unprofessional, inept and a complete disgrace. Im surprised nobody has mentioned match fixing. because it seems like a genuine possibility with this guy. it seemed blindingly obvious on sunday.

How come he always saves his better performances for you lot?