Thaler didn't 'let the game flow', he watched St. G flop and lay on in almost every tackle and did nothing.

If this is standard for this WCS then we'll be lucky to get two full sets of 6 in the 80 minutes tomorrow at Wigan...

With one ref you'll always get that

When you see the side on camera angle of the second incident, you'll change your mind as to whether it was 'nothing'. Remember it was this same player who then went on to set up the winning try.

If your attitude is win at all costs, i can understand your frustrations, but i just wanted a 13 v 13 contest v an NRL side, i loved it, glad people stayed on and i'm actually one of the few who enjoyed the way the game was reffed.

I understand what your saying Yed, but the rules on head high tackling are pretty clear. Anyway, when all said and done I'm proud of the way we played tonight (Thaler or not) just a pity we couldn't see it through. Fantastic atmosphere tonight.

Well, if that's what it takes to make a game flow, God help us.
What message is that ref performance sending out?
Aussie appeasers all our refs ... never send an Aussie off, they will take their ball home.
Better up the player insurance after that ... it's hunting season!
Shameful!
No ref should go into a game with a rigid view of 'no penalties'..
He should ref the game as he actually sees it, not lower his standards to avoid penalties.

And all this coaching cum advisory service the refs pursue is bullocks.
If they are infringing, don't warn until you've penalised them.

Warrington spilled to much to win, but that doesn't excuse Thaler.

Spot on

7-2 penalty count i think?

6-2. Should have been more.

Not to mention how Thaler gave St. G a penalty near the end for interfering at the ruck with Atkins. I guess that was the perfect end to his useless non-officiating of every ruck for the preceding 70 minutes.

I can see a case for yellow cards but to be fair the game is rugby not football, don't we watch it for the contact and aggression.

Thaler was ok in my opinion.

The simple fact is you were garbage and came out cold at the start of both halves.

Garbage? Really? bit strong that, below par yes but very very far off garbage.

Warrington really can't complain about the ref. It took until the 72nd minute for St George to receive their first penalty. If anything, they had controlled the majority of the game to that point. As mentioned there were plenty of chances for Thaler to give pedantic penalties for flopping, but if you look at them closely, they were all when the defenders were dominant. Sure he missed a few things, like the knock on against Atkins late on when it was pushed out, but on the whole it was a refreshing performance from him. If he'd have given the first high shot as a yellow I think he could go home happy.

I thought the one on Penny was dangerous irregardless of a hand making contact with the shoulder. Both of the st george players feet were off the floor, he was almost horizontal. There may have been no intent but dangerous tackles have to be penalised. But for grace we could be talking about the end of Penny's career or worse had he landed awkwardly.

We remove the perfectly good shoulder charge for being dangerous and then things like that go completely unpunished.

Other than that i had no issues with how the game was refereed.

What a ridiculous statement, i think you would be very hard pressed to find a fan of any club agreeing with you.

Did Wire make some bad decisions and silly errors at crucial times? yes. Couldn't fault the effort,physicality and desire throughout though, the game was a top advert for RL.

I suppose we can look forward to a masterclass by Wigan later on? jolly good

The game reminded me of an old Wardonia Cup match but with less blood. The tackle on Penny was disgraceful & makes a mockery of why Ah Van was red carded . There is definitely a case for more protection of players & maybe if coaches are deprived of offending players for long periods they might pass the message onto their players.

All in all though a very entertaining game ,but on the occasion of two of their tries St G had little difficulty breaking our defence when in the 20 metre area.