Never said they are all cheats! I simply said players will cheat to gain an advantage! Caton brown knocked dropped that ball, he knew he had, he claimed the try, that’s cheating. Simple. But in fans eyes that’s ok! If the officials miss it, they made a mistake, in fans eyes that’s not ok. So as fans we applaud the cheat but lambast the error

find me a post where anyone applauds Caton Brown for cheating?

By inference! No one has said Caton brown cheated directly, no one has disagreed though, therefore happy with it. So happy to blame the officials for “ending the season” for Toulouse when actually it was Caton brown who did that by cheating! Silence on that says everything! Fans are happy to see players cheat

that's not applauding.......which is what you claimed.....which was.....


Again I ask, find me a post where someone applauded caton brown for cheating, or just admit you were wrong...AGAIN

So not quite in line with every player in an offside position is clearly cheating. I would be interested in you responding to the first part of my question i.e. If you've never seen a ref break a rule what rules do they have to abide by?

Not sure what you mean by rules! Ref is not playing the game, therefore does not have to abide by the rules he is there to implement the rules of the game.
Ref can’t be offside!
They have a code of conduct that they have to abide by.
Every game is reviewed! MO have to complete a match report and self review.
They have to conduct there role as dictated by the operational rules, if that’s what you are asking.

So not every player who is offside is cheating and you've never seen a ref break the rules because there are none to break?

I fully get the need for referees but to state that they're sole purpose is to stop players cheating and they're above any criticism as they've never broken a rule just doesn't stack up.

Just like players they do more things right than wrong in a game but that doesn't put them above criticism.

Have never claimed they are beyond criticism, in fact far from it. There are not many jobs out there where virtually everyone else out there assumes that they can do a better job than them, even though the majority have never tried it.
There are very few jobs out there where you have to make an instant call on what you have seen.
There are also very few jobs out there where every decision you make is then at and critiqued by an independent panel,
For the jobs out there like that, it’s impossible to get it right 100% of the time.
So like players yes mistakes will be made, but all they are doing is to apply the rules the best they can. I have still never seen a Refs break the rules of the game, but in every game you see players do it, sometimes it’s a mistake on there part in most cases it’s a deliberate act to influence the game eg win!

Players have to make split second decisions in a game also, but your examples all end with you accusing the players of cheating. By that token I could do likewise of the referee.

How can you say you've never seen a ref break the rules of the game when you've already established they have no rules?

Obviously missed the operational rules !
The officials are not playing the game! How can they break the laws of the game?

So you have established, for yourself, that your point is utterly irrelevant.

The Ouroborus Snake of RL Fans you are young Mickey....

I am not Mickey by the way!

But are they consistent in there decisions NO!!!!!!!!. Which is the problem most fans have with referees.

All you can ask is that during a game it’s the same for both teams.
Not really sure what you expect! It’s sport, no two tackles are exactly the same, it’s played by humans and it’s referred by humans. But they all follow same protocol, same as players should follow rules of the game.
Players play what’s in front of them, Refs call what they see. It’s the game!