But he lashed out again a few mins from the end and that is not even mentioned. Disgraceful decisions. Before the game and during the game we get constantly remined that rugby is a family game and please respect the refs and officials. Respect has to be earned and this lot of one eyed refs and insignificant linesmen certainly do nothing to earn our respect.

Absoloute travesty. McGoldrick was probably laughing himself wet all the way back home yesterday!!!

Time for mass emails to Red Hall methinks.

...........and in which millenium do we get a reply!!!???

Makes no mention of the fact that the illegal tackle stopped a certain try and was strong enough to lay out Melling.

And why is "players run into melee but no punches thrown" in there? The "Incident considered" was the tackle. If the subsequent melee was deemed reportable it should be treated as a separate item.

That was put in so if any Quins player had thrown a punch or a handbag they would have had a reason to ban one or more of them

Hardly lashed out, comically stroppy push. Thanks for the points! The surprise was that Howell let it go.

The irony is that had McGoldrick tackled Melling legitimately then held him down, he'd have been sin-binned.

Well, maybe...

This is what annoys me, and doubtless most others. Why can't referees take decisive action at the time something like this occurs? It makes no difference to me whether or not McGoldrick gets bans for the next game or two. What use is that to us? Why did this get put on report? Everyone could clearly see what happened at the time, it was two players with nobody else getting in the way and causing confusion, and one of them flattened the other with a foul! Melling is hardly a dwarf and McGoldrick can't be much if any taller. There was no excuse at all for hitting him so high, it was a shabby foul. A penalty try and red card at the time for denying a certain try with a dangerous head shot would have been appropriate; a ban now after he was allowed to complete our game without his team conceding any points as a result of his offence would be useless to us.

From where I was sat it looked like Howell wound him up then once he got the penalty just turned away with a smile on his face.....

Replies received!!!!!

"Nigel

Thank you for your email.

The MRP on reviewing the incident and considered the tackle high, that it warranted a penalty but not referral to the Tribunal as misconduct.

I will forward your email to Stuart Cummings for confirmation re the 2nd try."

"Nigel,

The touch judge told the referee that the ball had been touched down before it went on to the line. The referee took this view and awarded the try.

Regards,"

To which my reply was that that perhaps the TJ needed to review his decision!!!

Still fair play that the replied even if we disagree with the bland answers.

Update and reply to that "Well it doesn’t look brilliant on the DVD but he is in a good position and I can’t fault him for that."

Well done for complaining to the RFL. All I ever do is whinge on here.

If I can tell it wasn't a try by watching the video shot from the Gantry on the half way line, then how the linesman can award a try is incredible.
In other sports, players/coaches are starting to question refs/officials and it has resulted in one or two occasions where officials have been "rested" or 'moved" from fixtures. Not saying the RFL can or should do this, but I believe that if an individual error is highlighted, the official(s) in question should maybe be sent a letter informing them that they made a mistake and that they are being monitored.
I have no idea how much the officials get paid, but maybe the RFL should look at making it a more attractive package, so as to attract a bigger and potentially better pool of talent to pick from.
On the point of the head hig tackle....haven't seen it, but from what has been posted here it was a one on one with a try the result if the illegal tackle hadn't been made.....sin-bin minimum but as the ref didn't have the balls to do it, then the diciplinary has no influence on OUR game next week......