I think a part of it is our owner pointing out in a round about way that we are important to SLE in our own way now.

There talking about bringing a coaches challenge into the nrl, what a disaster that will be!

Spoken like a true Rhino!! Of course you haven't seen the ref decide any game because 99% of the time they are working in your favour.

Here we go again...

nah, no takers for that one

bad news for Catalans though - the ref is apparently Mr Child..............

Leeds by 30 points at least...

So you think Child is bent, either for Leeds or against Catalans then?

If you do, RL doesn't need you.

don't try telling me what i'm thinking - it's demeaning

Mr Child isn't bent - he's just an inconsistent ref and with the Catalans on a downward spiral and Leeds on the up I can't see anything other than a very one-sided contest with a big win for Leeds

to say that RL doesn't need me is a huge insult to someone who has followed the game since the mid sixties - I will treat your comments with the contempt they deserve

But he didn't tell you what you were thinking, with respect you actually said:

No SL refs are biased but, they do all makes mistakes and as with the players, sometimes their mistakes are at critical times and others less so.
On occasion, as supporters of a particular team, thier mistakes directly affect the result, but this doesn't make them biased.
Although it is incredibally difficult, especially in the heat of a close game, we should cut the ref's some slack and for any team to threaten to withdraw
from the league is just petulant.
If anyone thinks its easy or that they can do a better job, then get on and show the world how it should be done.

SL referees are such low calibre people that they are affected by such things as the home crowd, big club pressure and angry players. What we need is a cull of everyone involved. A lot of the touchjudges in SL in particular are farcical. Either sparrow legged young men who are shivering with fear and physically incapable of raising the flag for fear of being blown away or old men on the verge of collapse through the pressure of standing up and jogging for 80 minutes.

There was an inference that Mr Child may influence the result against you.
Concerning the "Frog" remark, some people have been chased out of town for lesser remarks, it is certainly an inappropriate comment and a professional referee in any sport should not be using those terms !.

no intention to imply the ref would try to cheat - I actually believe he is one of the few, maybe the only ref to have actually improved this season - he's had some howlers at the GB in the past and has been equally as bad for all teams - apologies to Mr Child if this impression was given
as I said in a previous post I believe the worst reffing performance for the Catalan home games this season was actually by Halibert ( at Montpellier I seem to recall, without looking it up)

If it was actually him, probably

An interesting treatise rlhererl suggests that ALL referees are influenced by the home crowd.