Seems spot on that

Agree with most of the post but with regards to Wardle does the rule not state that the defence must be behind the line?Wardle had one foot on the line and the rest of his body in front thus clearly offside.

On the line is behind the line for any interpretation in any other case

it was good defence penalised same as the push into touch - and if held had been called it was called too early

It was correctly called held- watkins joins the tackle and Brough comes round the other side so is dragging not pushing- BUT the players didn't hear the call so it should be go back and play the ball-not a penalty!!!

What never fails to suprise me is how you can comment without knowing the rules.

It's is a penalty. Brough claiming they didn't hear (with naff all fans there) doesn't çhange the rules. You lot are a joke.

Exactly, I'm still waiting for the first ever case of a player admitting that he DID hear the ref call held but carried on anyway.

It makes no difference if there's 90,000 or one man and his dog. But you're never one to overlook an opportunity to have a dig at crowd numbers eh!

The held call can't be heard over the tv - in fact did you notice how far away from the tackle silverwood was at the time? he was over 10 metres behind and also out to the side. it's not beyond possibility the players didn't hear given he hadn't kept up with play- especially as the one man and his dog began cheering as the player was moved towards the touch- and were as close to the players as the referee if not closer! The fact the ref says to brough I haven't got a microphone (which is actually incorrect as he does) tries to justify why he hasn't heard! poor from silverwood.

You might want to have your tv checked as i heard the held call just fine. That's also to disregard the fact that all the players know the deal, so as soon as Brough found himself dragging rather than pushing he knew, as soon as they saw Watkins lend weight they knew. Whether they heard the call or not is actually immaterial to the reaction as penalty was the correct call on three different counts. Still best not let that get in the way of feeling badly done to eh?

Why is it that just after we play Leeds the Trolls all appear out of the woodwork, or are they trolling elsewhere, I suspect the latter. Enjoy the games against Leeds but this is the downside.

That's a bit rich coming from Huddersfield. They'd hang around our board for a few weeks before and after we played them when they were constantly beating us. When we played you earlier in the year you'd lost your opening couple of games so confidence was low and then we beat you and the presence of any Hudds fans on our board was none existent. You get a draw on the back of a few wins in previous weeks and they come over on mass to the Leeds board, especially when they can try and claim their usual excuse of refs having it in for them and favouring the "big clubs" just because a ref made a call that they don't understand.

My irony meter has just exploded. Pages and pages on the Leeds board moaning about an obstruction that wasn't given- Barely a mention of abletts knock on. Still you have to justify why you lost a point to "the worst side you've played this season" after failing to cross our whitewash in the second half and being 22-6 at half time up eh???

No doubt you'll be back with the same two faced comments in two weeks time....

most of the big calls were probably 50/50 some went for us, some against us.
but you can guarantee had those that went against us been at headingley i doubt the leeds fans would accept that "it was a clear penalty" etc, they'd be turning the microphones down to drown out the foul and abusive stuff that would follow

One poster said you put in the worst first half against us this season, most then disagreed with him, hardly the overriding view on the board.

People tried pointing out to yourself and others about Ablett's knock-on. Yes he did, was it obvious at normal time from the ref's angle, no. Was it obvious after you saw a slowed down reply from a certain angle, yes.

There's the difference, try and figure it out.

Oh no, without your irony meter how on earth will you be able to figure out what's going on? For what it's worth there's quite a big difference between a clear held call that led to a penalty and a highly dubious obstruction call that led directly to a try that put you in front for the first time. As for Ablett, yes he lost the ball, but based on the interpretation throughout the entire game it was both a ball steal and it went backwards. Hope that helps.

My issue with the held call is, about 7/8 minutes in Silverwood called held for a tackle by Rhinos and the players continued to hold on. Silverwood is about to give a penalty and then a Rhinos players points out they didn't hear him and Giants are made to play the ball. I think this seems pretty fair. The exact same happen 7/8 minutes from the end of the game and its suddenly a penalty. I'm not claiming that the ref made that decision to favour the Rhino's, i think referees can be found guilty of getting caught up in a match too much. Thursday night was one of the most exciting matches of the season and I think Silverwood got caught up in the excitement which led him to make a call which contradicted his earlier one.

those on here commenting on the knock on were AT the game saw the knock on, without a slowed down replay, saw it in real time and recognised it was a knock on....figure that one!

It's human nature that fans should focus on calls that went against them, especially when it appears inconsistent decisions have been made by the same ref within the same game. It appears that Leeds fans are so far up their own they can't accept that without having a dig.
There has been just one game this season where refereeing inconsistencies haven't been the subject of discussion on this board- figure that one too.
Why don't you have a go at the crowd - it hasnt been done for a few posts.

Yeah, course they did, from all angles of the ground too.



Says Leeds fans are so far up their own, then complains about us having a dig lol



Very touchy aren't you. Maybe that's why you can't have a proper debate with opposition fans as you're very over sensitive with claret and gold specs on.

That last comment is rich from a leeds fan

Thinks he knows where we sit at the game too....

Wouldn't be hard to find in such a small crowd.

They've always been around, just been in hiding since about 2011 where we're concerned - now they're unbeaten in 2 against us so it's time for them to leave their bridges again !!

...... And there you go........

.......................but then again.......................with eyesight like yours maybe WOULD?

No players charged in round 13- think you are right about the eyesight crackerjack....