it was unlikely he could card a Leeds player for foul play after he did not card the Wigan player for a spear tackle
you misunderstand "consulting the captain and the south stand" with the referee watching the big screen as he has missed another incident

I think the Farrel incident was an over reaction as he could not stop once he had jumped, but I understand that the coaches wanted to stop players jumping into the kickers or shoulder charging maybe if he had just tackled him he would have stayed on. The ref is only following his instructions to protect the kicker from injury. As for some of the refs calls, as a neutral it was a good game but any more whistle would have spoiled it, there is a fine line between penalising every offence like Union or trying to keep the game moving as we would like it to be. Would we want a penalty at every play the ball?

Don't jump into the kicker then, simple.

Jason Hooper made a living out of it.

And he would spend a lot of time in the bin in 2010.

As Farrell clearly didn't get anywhere near a charge down (he came from the side and the ball was kicked without hitting him, both indicating this) then his leap through the air was for what exact purpose? When in a game would leaping high through the air with your arms down at a player not result in a high dangerous contact? Clearly a penalty....

Why doesn't Lee Briers get penalised for taking the GLDO 1 metre forward from where he should??

Why do you HAVE to use your arms to charge the ball down? Using your body is just as effective.

If the ball hits Farrell but he continues his path and hits Maguire in the same way would this still be classed as a late hit ?

If not could someone explain the difference.