Bollox slightly late at worse, no contact at all with the head and not a shoulder charge, ridiculous decision that happens mist weeks and no sending off. Thaler should be reffing under 13’s

Why didn’t Mellor try to catch that ball ?

I think the fact there's no one supporting your thoughts shows it was the right decision and may deserve further action

If thats a red we may aswell just start playing touch and pass. And maybe not on this thread but plenty on others saying the its not, some saying it is as well but it’s certainly not cut and dry, that will happen in others fames mostly weeks and won’t be a red and you know it.

So we are looking to see for a forward pass now

For the referees out there: what do the laws of the game actually say about one player knocking the ball out of the hands of another player when both players are contesting the ball in the air? I'm curious about the factual accuracy of comments just made by a video referee. Note this is definitively not a tackle in the air, it is a contest for the ball in the air, when both players are in the air. Is there a law that prevents a player from knocking the ball out one on one, or has the video referee just made that up?

I see someone has edited out your racist comment.

Thing is the video referee specifically said it wasn't allowed for one player in the air to knock the ball out of the hands of the other player in the air whilst both, by his own acknowledgment, were legitimately challenging. The video referee's rationale was not that it was a forward pass (which he cannot adjudicate on) or a knock forward (which it wasn't, and he never claimed it was), nor was it a tackle in the air. I have this funny feeling that the specific rationale for the decision given by the video referee simply doesn't exist within the laws, that's what I'm actually curious about. I know we have people in this board who are more familiar with the laws than I am, so I'm genuinely interested to know if this is a real law or if it is an interpretation that isn't directly supported by the laws?

Funny that on a day when 50 RL players take legal action about concussion that a. Leeds fan argues against a red card for an absolutely shocking challenge
Then we get inconsistency in the Cats game where another shocking challenge did not even get a sin binning.

Contact with the head without mitigation ( ie the player falling etc ) should be a red card all day long.

Had to laugh at Makinson, looking like he'd been shot with an elephant gun at 79.55, then popping up like a jack in a box when the hooter went!

Dup

Said to the Mrs that there should be a red card against Wakefield, and was very surprised that it was just put on report. Why wasn't the video ref used to come to the correct decision, as it appeared to be the case in the earlier game.

The on report rule is just giving some refs the excuse for ducking a decision, where it would be better if they make a call, with the help of video evidence, if needed, during the game.

Have they, don’t think so, what racist comment would that be.

What contact with the head? He hit him in the back. If Fages was so seriously hurt why did he not leave the field for a head assessment, soon as the red used he was up and carried on playing, after the hit he looked around for the ref then went down, cynical faking injury to get a player sent of for what was no more than an a penalty, case point being the next game when similar went unpunished.