I think the ruling is that after a substitution you are allowed a coach BEHIND the line for 3 minutes to re-organise positions. Stupid rule in my opinion but all teams use it. If a pro team cannot re-organise itself then it's a poor state of play.
Having said that this guy was in the line. If he had stood still the play would have gone past him but he actually ran along in the same direction as the play was going.

Our water carriers stand within our own line, or behind... This was their water carrier interfering with play in our attacking line.

Didn't realise he was our water bloke, at the time I thought he must be yours (which would have been bad enough) he actually appeared to run deliberately through your line, that was ludicrous and for Smith to not say anything is incredible.

Ganson would have sent him packin, WE WANT GANSON

Quite right and I an glad you think it was OTT as well. Yes water carriers come on and issue instructions but that was beyond the pale.

I was hoping one of our players would have handed him off or tackled him but given Smith was reffing he'd have probably sent the player off!

Dave

Should have been sent off that water carrier, in cricket you get 5 runs if the ball hits the wicket keepers helmet when he isn't wearing it and it is on the floor as it is stopping the ball going for four, something should apply in RL.

We should have got a penalty at least, we had an overlap and could have scored, it was a disgrace.

He wasn't the water boy, he was the physio who had been dealing with an injury I think but instead of waiting for play to go past him he decided to get off sharpish and ended up in the attacking line of Wigan.

Foolish? Yes but probably not deliberate.

That said I still expect the RFL to do something daft like penalise us for letting him get involved in our attack

Its like the ref/teacher off 'There's Only One Jimmy Grimble' where he heads the ball in the net for his schools team and says "Goal stands, it came off the ref". He might as well tackled one of the players.

Is Forshaw still at the club?

What I didn't understand was Smiths decision. Once the ball hit the HKR "messenger" it should have been a scrum with head and feed to Wigan. I'm sure Mr. Cummings will be having a word at the referees review meeting on Monday.

It was a joke, should of been back to 1, thought the ref was absaloute crap last night, yet setvo continues to compliment what a fine game he had

It shouldn't have been back to one it should should have been a scrum with head and feed to Wigan, that's the rule.

If the teams want them on the pitch so much then the rule needs to be changed.

If they get in the way like lastnight then its a penalty to the attacking side.. if its the attacks sides fault then its the handover.

no reason for them to be on the pitch unless its a injury