Don't want to nitpick but our number 11 is Oliver Holmes who was sat in the stands injured

Agree with this, thought it was a good game, and Cas the best team we've seen this season, considering we had a pretty strong team out last night too.

Gives us a feel for the level we need to move too in the second half (they are the new benchmark), the first was great from out POV.

I for one want Cas to go on and win the GF, I have a sneaky feeling they will be playing Wigan in the semi, they need to step up again as the pies are a harder task to beat at the business end, as are Leeds.

For us its season over, I think my expectations for 2018 are top 4, I feel a lot more confident Stone will get us close, we aren't far off.

I'm not saying ref standards are abysmal- I'm saying the cheating and pushing of the rules has made the refs job impossible. And Powell has cas doing the same- so no- let's not follow the Powell way.

maybe its time for two refs on the field?

do it in the nrl, can the rfl afford it though.

its a joke that the same code of rugby has a different amount of refs anyway!

did anyone watch london v warrington lastnight, wow some shocking decisions against london, warrington should have lost lastnight.

That's a good point about the two ref's Brearley, I do agree with jools about the cynical cheating side of the game that is becoming more prevalent, and you have to put most of the blame for that at the door of the coaches, It does make the ref's job harder and they are already of a lower standard than is required so why not have two ref's if it's going to improve things.
I watched the London game, and you are right, London were on the end of some shocking decisions, trouble is nothing is ever done about it.

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There are already three officials at each game. You want to add another.
Yesterday I watched a very enjoyable game with just a single official, no touch judges. This official did an excellent job- something agreed by supporters of both teams- even the losing one! The job was made easy for her as at no point in the game was it necessary to award a penalty for foul play. That's because the 13 year olds involved in the game were focused on using their rugby skills to win the game. The final score was 20-16 - and I enjoyed watching it much more than either the two super 8s SL games or qualifiers on this weekend. The rules those 13 year olds play to are EXACTLY the same as those other games, they play on a full size pitch but they just play for less time a half, any sinnbinning is therefore 5 mins not 10 and they can play with size 4 ball. (Though most teams agree to use 5). Otherwise no difference.
There was more "rugby" in that 50 minute game than in the 80 minutes of the other three.
So either this young woman is a superref - or it IS possible to referee a proper game of rugby league with one official.