Quite and what the more inexperienced refs don't need is coaches ridiculing them constantly.

I seem to remember Powell complaining about Thaler and since then I don't think they're had a game where he's been main official

He has but not many. The game was after Wigan in 2016. But I think we've had Thaler maybe once or twice since then.

It's got bad when you actually want Thaler as ref. Hicks Child are at best ok but Kendall and MickeyMouskas are hard to defend. Hewer always impresses me when I see him ref. But doesn't seem to be in the clique?

What's happened to Phil Bentham. Not been seen since houston nailed him.

What's happened to Jack Smith the one who was in the Marines and shot in Afghanistan seemed to be one of the better new refs coming up in the previous year or so but he doesn't seem to be getting many SL gigs this year and confined to the Championship.

He stepped down as a full time official last season(?) seemingly after a string of bad performances (pushed?), now seen running the touch line in SL. Shame really because until that run he was pretty good.

I didn't see this many Cas fans question the officials when they were battering Leeds last week!

The Shenton try Kendall sent up as no try in that game because obstruction was the most bizarre call of the season tbf. The replay showed literally nothing close to a dummy runner nevermind obstruction