Please read the petition linked below, and if you agree and would like to see change, then sign. Thank you. www.ipetitions.com/petition/rlreferees/

Please read the petition linked below, and if you agree and would like to see change, then sign. Thank you. www.ipetitions.com/petition/rlreferees/

Are you petitioning players to improve their standards aswell?

Until we get to 0 knockons, high tackles etc why not

I aren't saying that referees lose the games. Players making mistakes is part of the sport.

I am talking about video ref decisions being incorrect, nobody caring about the amount of forward passes in the game, the ridiculous on report system etc.

Good luck to those who wish to, but personally I think it’s a waste of time and effort.

If we did what you are suggesting, then the vast majority of legal passes would only be made if the player making the pass was standing still.

Players can pass a ball backwards whilst moving.

1. It's called a forward pass because the player passes it forward with his hands. By your definition the vast majority of passes where players are running will be forward. Seriously I don't think you understand the rule. Imagine throwing some rubbish straight behind you out of your car. You threw it backwards, it looks to you like it went backwards, but it will land forwards of where it left your hands. Search "forward pass explained" on that video site, think it's on there still
2. Yes I do, but you would look more uninformed than you already do if you started trying to seriously talk to the RFL about 'linesman'
3. I don't give them stick, and recognise when they're right (even when it goes against Wigan), that puts me in a very small minority. Seriously, I don't think you're understanding the real issue (and I do agree there is one), these tiny cosmetic changes you suggest would have almost no effect. There is a serious shortage of refs to choose from, and it's not hard to work out why

Maybe a petition to show the ref's a little more respect for doing a very demanding job, to a very high standard on a weekly basis, would encourage more people to be a ref, thus increasing the talent pool, thus increasing the standard of refereeing.

FWIW the standard of refereeing is not all that poor in our game. Considering it's played at break neck speed, and the refs have to make a judgement call on every ruck, every pass, every tackle, it's not all that bad.

I would love to see anyone who signed this petition referee an u8s game to a high standard, let alone a SL game.

I honestly believe the standard of officiating isn't a problem.

The problem is fans perceiving the standard of officiating as being low, because they themselves don't understand the rules properly.

Hopefully the addition of Cummins as a sky pundit will go some way to curing this.

Its not stopped tweedle dum and dee from spouting rubbish yet unfortunately.

I once ref'd a kids game and its tough, then you start getting the parents having a go and you and you start thinking you're making mistake after mistake. I'll never call refs again and anyone who does should just go and try to ref one game because it will change their opinion.

The main issue for me is how differently the televised games are refereed compared to the non-televised game. The technology is an asset to the sport IMO but it needs to be at all games, or none at all. As an example, tries very rarely get chalked off for obstruction at non-TV games but the video ref will spend 2-3 mins scrutinising where the ball was passed/caught etc.

As well as consistency between TV games and non-TV games, there needs to be one set of rules that covers SL, NRL and internationals/WCC games. This would probably mean that we would have to adopt the 2 refs system.

The bottom line for both of these is funding. It's not the standard of officiating that needs to improve, it's the funding for officiating so that the referees can apply the same rules to the games each week.