or biased reffing....

I think they should and probably will jack in SL one day and concentrate on taking the french game to a higher level instead of wasting their cash getting ripped off in England

It isn't biased. Incompetent absolutely, but it isn't biased.

I'm sure you have a great life, but just a strange outlook on refereering. As I said all clubs say exactly what you say, so where's the bias.

When a coach as Trent Robinson who always blame the players and not the ref said : "If I was a French fan, I'd be disappointed. It’s not a feeling that decisions go against us – it is statistically weighted against us in the big games.
“The RFL need to do something. It better get better quickly.”

We can't help if YOUR referees are crap (as Uncle Alibert), we are not sure they're all biaised but we are sure some of them are.
Super league is turning in a total joke. The rules are not applicated at every game, that's what the great and beautiful England can offer? Be humiliated by shocking calls on SkySports at Perpignan? Read xenophobia comments on the internet? Show the long and suffering death of two clubs in two years?

Some people are sick of it now, and I'm not only talking about Catalans and French fans. But if you prefer our club leaving, don't worry, we will. When the French championship will be strong enough to host a team as Catalans. And you'll playing on your amazing M62 area with some others exciting cities to join the SL, with no French, and no Welsh. What a great self-sufficiency

Conspiracy claims of bias are barking and just make no sense at all. Refs do seem to be getting worse, and Cummings doesn't seem to be having anything like a positive impact. What I think would help is that if Refs were allowed/encouraged to come out to the media and explain why certain decisions had been made (not Cummings doing anything he can to 'prove' the ref was right!) and their thought processes at the time, and holding hands up to say 'Yup, looking at the pictures we probably got that call wrong but at the time we thought this'.

I say this from experience of having lived over the road from an SL ref for a few years who was well known at the time for 'hating' my team. We used to chat about why he'd gave certain decisions that I'd disagreed with and it was always enlightening to see the other side of the story. I'd still sometimes disagree, but my respect for the guy shot right up after getting to know him and how he viewed a game.

I was also very wary of two refs, but having seen that working really well for a while, I think it's the way to go. I know we don't have enough to do it now, but it should be a stated aim and Cummings should have a plan as to how we get there. Pull your finger out Stuart!!

don't let us stop you

Right, so because we get a weekend in the sun and can bring back some Jager and fags we need to keep Catalans - despite the moaning and the frankly cynical tactics?

How can Workington et al compete with that?

Seriously? What's suddenly got into Catalans fans? It's as if you've only just realised the reffing is rubbish. Bloody hell we've had rubbish refs for as long as I can remember. My dad can remember as a kid his dad saying the refs would kill the game, and this was back in the 50's.

Stop with this conspiracy rubbish, it's really rather pathetic.

The standard of refereeing in SL is crap - that's a fact; your argument loses credibility though, when you only complain about it in a post-match interview about a game you've just lost.

It's time for an honest conversation between all stakeholders about how to improve things.

Spot on

The standard of refereeing is certainly not "crap". Could it be better? What couldn't? The standard of refereeing in terms of mistakes made is IMHO 1000% better than the standard of the bulk of the players. And it seems to be an obvious fact that on analysis, the vast majority of decisions which fans (and certain commentators) scream for during the match prove to be correct on slo-mo analysis.

I don't agree that the standard of refereeing is crap, but I do think it's time to have that conversation. Too much for a single post on here, so happily I rlexpanded on it hererl

I think it is - there is little consistency, poor use of available resources and a total lack of transparency or accountability from the top.

I'm not convinced that all of the individuals delivering the service are crap - rather, that the structure they're working within doesn't promote good performance.

Our game of rugby league is a fast game, mistakes will be made by the officials, especially the ones like was the ball stripped or dropped by the ball carrier for example or was he offside or not ? I think we just have to accept human error in these instances for the flow of the game but in my opinion the one that infuriates the fans most of all is when the oposition scores a try where there's a blatent forward pass involved in the build up !! For god's sake, a guy in the street outside knows it's a forward pass !! So everyone knows except the guy in the middle with the white stick and tin can !! If a try is scored the game has stopped. In the time it takes for the ref to make up his mind, look at both his touch judges to see if they're still awake the video ref would almost have the time to have a quick look and help the ref make his decision and most importantly check if there was a forward pass involved it's about time they used the technology at their disposal !!!