Great call from Bentham. A tackled player can't just 'play on' like that.

Shame the commentators (including an ex head of refs LOL) are creating controversy out of nothing.

Losing a point because the referee decided to change the rule book in the 79th minute of a match is hardly 'controversy out of nothing'.

He didn't change a rule, Escare tried manipulating a rule, that's why it was a clear penalty.

Sat in a bar in Lloret De Mar p1ss1ng my sides reading some of the comments on here about how Catalans have been shafted. I'm assuming the majority of you have never been to a game in Perpignan? Let me enlighten you....

For 80 minutes every single incident was replayed at least half a dozen times on the big screen to whip the crowd into a frenzy... when there was nothing in the challenges. We all know refs cave in most of the time and it will happen a lot over there.

Ian Henderson spent all game in Bentham's ear pressuring him into giving them pens for nothing....

If you hadn't noticed, Salford lost out on the penalty count...

Hansen had a perfectly legitimate try disallowed...

Fraysinnous is deluded in his rants. If anyone should feel aggrieved it should be Salford. Any away fan at Catalans will come away feeling they've had the rough end of the stick this year. Everything is geared up to give Catalans a massive unfair advantage in their home games. Oh and as for that muppet "Wigg'n" calling Walne dirty..... I think the phrase includes pots & kettles!

Btw, Catalans have the best merchandise in SL... treat yourself while you're at the game.

Buenas tardes!

'One eyed home crowd' shocker. Salford fans at the Willows were the absolute worst for it.



Irrelevant, unless you don't think Bentham is a strong enough person to ignore pressure from players.



Then Salford should control themselves and stop throwing swinging arms and trying to slow the play the ball to a snails pace.



No he didn't



That knee to the head was disgraceful. Surely the most red devil tinted spectacles can't make you think that was okay.



Agree... the boutique is marvelous.

Pointless going on about this isn't it?

It was a draw. Should Salford have won it? Yes. If they'd have sorted their defense out and not let Catalans back into the game. Was there contentious issues during the game? Yes. There will be in every game.

Pointless having dick-swinging contests about tiny points within a match. It wont change anything or anyone elses opinion.

Shall we move on?

as a complete neutral, escare was tackled, he got up and ran for some unknown reason, now he stopped very briefly looking at the ref, then set off again. Had he stopped at that point, took a step or two back and played the ball he 'may' have got away with it, but he didn't, he took the mick and chanced it, and it bit him in the .

Personally, i think escare, who was a bright spark when he made first team, i think he's took on a lot of brent webb's bad points from his time at teh dragons. In terms of niggling and trying to provoke responses from the opposition, its a bit of a shame.

Could do....

but those who root for Catalans don't think it was a penalty....which is understandable given that they root for them.

And also Wakey fans don't think it was a penalty.....which is understandable too given that there's no such thing as a Wakey fan who knows what they're talking about regarding RL.

I'm about the most impartial fan you can get when it comes to my own team so sorry chief but you're spouting cr*p!

Re:Henderson- So it's fine to abuse the ref as long as he is man enough to take it?

Re: swinging arms etc- We're one of the lesser offenders in SL for it.

The knees incident- Sorry, not having it. He was falling down. Hock knew exactly what he was doing when he got his bans... IMO Walne certainly didn't.

The uproar on here is frankly laughable but I'm not surprised. Since Koukash came to Salford we seem to be public enemy number one in a lot of people's eyes and every little incident seems to be magnified 10 fold. Fortunately, there are some sane people who haven't jumped on the bandwagon who can still hold a reasoned debate without letting any bitterness creep in.

Oh and as for Fraysinnous' latest rant I'd hope he's fined for bringing the game into disrepute. He seems to have forgotten the spineless assault 2 seasons ago by one of his players on Theo Fages which brought about a paltry 3 match ban.

Some major double standards me thinks.

I've thought this myself.

He has talent but he's backing it up with some Premiership bad attitude now, which is a shame. Saying that, it's hardly surprising when he's got the likes of Elima, Dureau, and Henderson around him. Players who are constantly top drawer for gobbing-off.

Without meaning to drag this thread on. We bumped into Bentham and the officials in a bar after the game.

He explained to us that a if a player is still in a standing position and moves off the mark after held is called then the player is asked to go back and the play the ball, as its difficult for that player to know when they are actually held if they don’t hear the call.

In Escare’s case he explained that because the players ball carrying arm had hit the floor and there was a player on him, the tackle was indeed complete and the player should have known it was complete and therefore cannot get back up and run away.

If Escare was tackled by Lee in the same way near the try line and decided to reach over and score it quite rightly would have been a penalty for a double movement and he wouldn’t have just been asked to the play the ball again. Escare was held and decided to get up and run, therefore the penalty was correct. Cummings made the wrong call on sky.

So what people are saying on here is that Harrison should have been given the chance to play the ball again after his disallowed try? And so should any player who ever gets penalised for a double movement? H didn't know he was tackled and reached over line so it should have been play the to Salford should it? Give over both decisions were correct. Its amazing how many rugby league fans/pundits actually have no idea about the rules, embarrassing

Well it's kinda nice to think you can approach a ref in a bar after the match and have a conversation like that. Fair play to Bentham. And yes, I fully agree, he was surely dead right in this case.

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