Try so other sports, to get a sense of relativity. You'll realise RL refs are actually relatively good.

But they are not. On the whole they are low calibre people and are only doing the job because they were on such a short list of possible candidates. Look at the inconsistencies in tonights game alone for example.

Really? Soccer and it's dives, ball over the line not being a goal, play acting, can't judge their offsides, deliberate handballs in key world cup qualifying games, play acting and dives and play acting? And you think RL is bad?

Take a look at NFL.com and see how they've got on at the start of the season.

For a 15-20 min period in the second half, Leeds were absolutely caned - thought they did well to hang in there in the face of some bizarre decisions.

Great game - best team on the night won.

Bentham was by far the best official this season, but obviously he couldn't take charge tonight.

Absolutely gutted at the result, but not that shocked that nobody mentioned Leeds attempting to forcibly remove Tommy Leuluai's head multiple times...

I've watched over a thousand games of rugby league in my current life time and can probably make a fairly non biased judgement of the standard of RL officials.

Why would I look at other sports to get a minority fragmented viewpoint to make our officials look better when in rugby league terms it is'nt.

Without watching other sports, what are you comparing rugby league officiating to? Everything in life is relative.

That's because it didn't happen

"This is rugby league not netball bro"

Get over it.

It was just a knock on IMO.

The Wigan player has every right to tackle the player and there has to be some responsibility placed on the ball carrier in terms of scoring the try...you can't expect the defender to just let him score?!

Whether he's gone into the tackle with his knee is unclear from what we saw, but it can never be a 'high tackle' when he's just off the floor!

This. And I'm often highly critical of the officials.

Some of the comments on this thread are laughable.

Discussion of the game on TotalRL - everyone positive, everyone talking about how good the game was.
Flip over to RLFans - the game is corrupt, the officiating appalling, it's a disgrace.

Bit disappointing. It was a brilliant game that had everything, and all people here are doing are complaining about the bad parts.

Comparing the challenge on Burrow to McGuire is ridiculous. The player was going for the ball. McGuire swung on arm to the head for no reason.
Personally I thought the knock on call was right. He lost control after the tackle was complete.

Someone ought to tell the disciplinary.

Anderson's head was about a foot higher when McGuire clocked him with a swinging arm and clenched fist, and that was worth a ban apparently.

Contact with the head is contact with the head, it's as simple as that. Whether it was mistimed, malicious, unintentional or otherwise it should have been at least a penalty. Had Wigan made the final the RFL would have been pooping themselves silly having banned Mcguire for exactly the same thing.

I had no qualms with the knock on decision. This is rugby league. Carmont has every right to prevent a try.