The club had a few early warnings last season about Briers's neck problems & should have been ready for him finishing or at least playing a much reduced role within the team.

For me squad numbers means very little. I am suprised it seems to be GOB who seems to make way.

Anyway tonight we were better.
Hill excellent.
Waterhouse put in another terrific stint.
England didn't look out of place as an SL forward
Ormsby didn't let us down - only 1 gaff.
Joel did pretty well and took his try well.
Micky tried hard as always.
Westwood was pretty good.

Generally though we didn't deserve to win. Encouraging, but Myler needs to step up. Kicking game better but much improvement still needed.
I like GOB and think he deserves a chance.

I've not read every page but has anyone mentioned Leeds first try? That pass to Briscoe just before he kicked looked well forward on t.v.

yes rogues i put in the opening lost couldn't believe it was given linesman stood right in front of it. Really don't know what the f#ck they do in the game. I thought thaler had a decent game and of all the refs in sl he is best imo.

Look at the replay from the pitchside touchline cam and look at the trajectory of the ball as it leaves watkins hands. It wasn't a forward pass.

Warrington scored off a forward pass against wigan in 1963 so these things do even themselves out.

It's about time the rule on forward passes was made clear...never mind about the position of the passers hands or the non-existent momentum rule...If the ball travels forward it's a forward pass...Simple really. There are so many lines marked out on the pitch it's easy to see if the ball has a forward trajectory.

There would be a huge number of passes ruled forward under your rationale. There might not be a 'momentum rule' as such but momentum is very significant in judging these things. It would be a farce if it were ignored, and passes that looked backwards would be given forward!

I don't think we need any clarity on the rule: it's already clear.

Without wanting to start a "them and us" thread, did anyone else see the Pies get pulled up for two forward passes in quick succession on Saturday? Not often that happens. Was it down to having two referees on the field?

I must say that originally i thought the pass was forward but the touchline shot looked ok .

Under your rules every pass made would be forward.

No, just the forward passes would be ruled forward. Which is the way it should be!

I think it would stop a lot of back biting between different sets of fans if forward passes were covered on video ref referrals. It's ridiculous that everything but forward passes are looked at ,but then we would need vr facilities at every game ,in an ideal world. Forward passes seem to be more common these days though because of the flat attack that teams & coaches seem to be obsessed with.

I think the easiest thing to do is to stop people who don't understand what a forward pass actually is from watching the game.

The idea that you would call every ball that moves forward in relation to the ground would turn our game in to an utter farce with no passing on the move at all. Other than that though it's a great idea.