He is the worst ref in the league, i've said it time and time again, no way would he be reffing super league if he wasnt french!! Just the RFL trying to 'expand' the game but its ruining it. Wish they would get rid.

Try scoring chance went, where was that? Was it went he gave us a penalty but we was through and he didn't give us advantage like any other Ref would, I think he did the same with Wigan to. There first try, miles forward, he was missing forward passes for both sides missing P.O.T.B's that actually wasn't played missing high shots and never gave offside, he is awful with a better Ref the game would of been miles better.

I didn't think he was [ithat[/i bad today to be honest.

Wigan were constantly messing around at the play the ball and I'm pretty sure we quite comfortably won the penalty count (I don't know what the exact number was). He did miss a a few forward passes but we got away with a couple ourselves.

My real problem with Alibert is that it seems like sometimes he just goes with the crowd noise if he's not sure about something. It looks like he's not going to give a penalty, crowd goes absolutely mental and then he blows the whistle.

I really have no idea why people were shouting 'you bent ba$tard' as he left the field though.

Weve had him twice in a week so now its someone elses shift.

Alibert is good entertainment when he officiates the live tv games. His interpretations and the reactions of the players, or should I say the players doing their best to bite their tongues and not react, is priceless. He would have been perfect for last Fridays live game to liven it up a bit.

Agreed. He was pretty even with it all. He seemed to have come to the game having decided not to bother with the offside rule, but apart from that it was pretty average reffing tbh.

I thought his display today was a massive improvement on Warrington - the one time where he broght us back after a break, he'd already blown the whistle before waiting to see if there was an advantage - but overall he was OK

I thought he was very inconsistent with his decisions. TBH most of the refs this season have been poor imo.

I didn't think he was too bad to be honest.

Was Inconsistant for both teams.

How many offsides were given during the match????
(from kicks and from the play the ball??)

Jasper Carrott

Alibert

For me he was the same for both teams, he could have pinged us several times for sidlow standing in a offside position but didnt, and a few forward passes by us went under the radar.

Fair play to wigan, if you can suck a few penalties from a weak referee more power to your elbow thats what i say.

Its all about being clever and "buying" the penalty to clear your lines or set up an attack.

True - there were a couple of times when we milked our own. I recall Phil pretty much holding onto the leg of a defender and getting the penalty for interference at the PTB.

It's pretty cheap but the sooner we wise up to the tactics employed around the league and try and use them in our favour while trying to avoid conceding the same penalties, the more we'll benefit.