Quote: brook40 "My real annoyance with the officials came when J.Monahan looked like he had squeezed in at the corner and on replay his foot was on the line,yet the linesman who was stood at most 2 feet away with the best view of it from anyone didnt put his flag up,its a real pet peeve of mine that they never actually do anything now.'"
This is something that irritates me every week and I end up shouting at the telly when watching the friday/saturday games on Sky. Fans from all teams have complained about the quality of refereeing this season, the lack of consistency, the forward passes etc etc. There's been discussion about adapting the NRL-style of 2 referees in a game, the question was even put to Stuart Cummings on last weeks' Super League Super Men.
For me, what need of 2 referees when we have two perfectly good touch judges who can see everything the ref can't and are perfectly capable of assisting him in decision-making? We all criticise refs but it's a simple matter of physics, he can't see everything happening on the field all at once. The ball steal from Briers towards the start of last night's game is a perfect example. The way the Hudds player was lying on the floor his body was covering the ref's view, yet the TJ must have been able to see it clearly. Yet it was given as a knock on. How many times has their been a blatent forward pass that the TJ is perfectly in line with, but nothing's been done?
I do think something needs to be done as there's been too many games this season where fans from all clubs have come away talking about the referee rather than the rugby and it shouldn't be like that. But whether 2 referees are the answer I don't know. I fail to see why the TJ's can't step up and play a more active role in the controlling of a game.
that changed the whole momentum of the game in my opinion. 
