Thought he bottled the lineham elbow.
That was a straight red imo.

I think both were reds, But Linehams was cowardly. Stewarts was more mis-timed. Either way, both didnt miss.

BUT he was consistent again which is all we can as for... loved the way he polices the ruck tonight:.. any ball that came out he gave knock on.: hate it when they go between steals and knock ons. The way he communicate a is what stands out for me and think the players respect that he explains the rulings he gives

I thought Stewart's was a shocker to be honest and it should lead to a decent ban. Brown had rattled him with a legal tackle which made him lose the ball before that and he clearly wanted to get his own back. He semi celebrated the challenge which was ordinary and I also thought he could have checked on Browns welfare when it was clear he was in bad shape.

Thaler did have a good game but again 2 players should have been sent off, Stewart's was bad on Brown came in with arm swinging like Mohammed Ali too many times now players are doing that and Lineman should have been off just for the elbow in the face of Hampshire.

Have to say I agree with you on Stewart as the smirk on his face said it all to me, it wasn't the look of a player who'd got his timing wrong, he knew what he was doing.

Should be a ban of 4 games minimum.

Thought Thaler did well in the most part though he penalised Leigh a few times for moving off the mark yet let Warrington off a couple of times for the self same offence.

About time a Ref actually used the cards in the game instead of taking the easy option and putting it on report, though neither player could have complained had the card Thaler shown been a red one, both fortunate to just see yellow.

The only think i think he really missed was the lad who got an elbow to the face should have also seen 10 min on the side for committing a professional foul in tackling a player off the ball and intentionally holding him back. He had a decent game though, but i felt he was often a little too quick with the whistle when calling held

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Yes I thought Hampshire should have got a yellow, however given that the other 2 had only been given yellows it would have seemed harsh. Had the others got red then a yellow would have been appropriate.

I thought it would have been fair, because had Hampshire not committed a blatant professional foul, Lineham wouldn't have lashed out at him.

Think you are all over analysing it. You don't actually mean 'the look on his face' when you clearly mean 'you just have to look at the colour of the shirt on his back'

thaler missed the elbow as t was behind play. the TJ told him it was a yellow, no blame for thaler there