I think whoever had been the ref was in for a hard time.

Silverwood had to sing off two hymn sheets. I thought he did well considering the circumstances, can you imagine what the game had been like if the French bloke had been in the middle.

Yes, the Aussies were slow at the ruck, but, they were only waiting for instructions from the ref to move.

Leeds lost because they blew too many chances, not because of Mr Silverwood.

Leeds complaining about the very tactics they have used for the past 3 years.

At the end of the day, they were a "lucky" offside decision by the VR in the Grand Final - and they were "lucky" with an offside decision by the VR in the WCC, so I have no sympathy for them (Senior in particular).

Amen , brother !!

I'd very much agree with that.

Players know better than to attack the referee verbally it has never and never will be allowed in the game and rightly so.

this from a team who have got away with the bullying tatics for years, the only diff is the rfl has let them get away with it.

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Shame when your fined for speaking the truth! Game was that slow I thought I had tuned in to a rerun of a 1980's game!

Leeds didn't lose the game on a refs decision.

They lost it because despite great defense, they gave a silly penalty away that got Storm upfield to get field position for their try and mouthed off at the referee to give away a penalty. Amazing as it may seem Keith Senior wasn't reffing the game and didn't have a right to abuse the official.

Leeds were off side when tackling Storm winger in to touch.....no one complaining about that.

The ruck was frustrating but Leeds benefitted from the referees "style" as much as Storm. Maybe with the exception of the late tackle (but if he didn't see it he didn't see it!?!)

The correct team won.

AND now that I think of it, Leeds also got away lightly when JJB pushed the ref out of the way. If he was as pedantic as some say, JJB could have been sent off for that.

I think that Keith Senior is right about the incident when he was penalized. He got up to try and play the ball and was still being interfered with. It should have been a penalty to Leeds.

However, I think that Melbourne Storm played to the rules better. Their tackling technique was spot on. As a result they controlled the ruck, and stayed with the rules by moving off as soon as the ref asked them to.

I don’t know if the ref was acting under international rules, but he did seem to take his time before shouting held and Moooooooove!

Leeds needed to adapt to it rather than getting angry at the ref. Melbourne Storm did, and it won them the game.

To me it was clever players who worked out quickly what was going on and reacted accordingly against a set of players who didn't, couldn't, wouldn't or had the nounce to change.

Physically, not a lot of difference.

Mentally one team left the others standing (and wondering)!!!

Is that right bilko? Spear tackles all round then is it mate?

Hock got sinbinned and then a several game ban just for grabbing the arm of the ref, and quite right too. Didn't see many Leeds fans standing up for Hock at the time.

Melbourne adapted to the interpretation, Leeds didn't, as he reffed both ways exactly the same, so Leeds have nobody but themselves to blame.