That's why it wasn't given. That kick would have made it 28-12

If you're talking about the one after Wellens try just watch it back on TV

Bloody stella still not out of system.

Not a bad game but the games he ref's the penalty count is more or less even. He gives penalties especially Wigan when they are in their own half which doesnt really effect the game such but gives opposition penalties in positions which can effect and normally end up being a try around half way. So when referees are judged they see it as a level on the penalty count but he was very parictular with some penalities when both teams where offside all day. If he isnt going to clamp down on this then it becomes very difficult to see attacking rugby.

All tries where from 10-15 metres typical when offsides are not punished

You won the penalty count by about five. What are you complaining about?

Penalty count was 9-8 to Wigan.

I too think he had a good game. He let the game flow but gave penalties when they were needed. About as good as you get from SL refs at the moment.

According to the RL press today it was either 10-5 or 9-6, depending on which paper. Either way, you won the penalty count, so why the moaning?

Can someone tell me the ref(s) for all our 4 games that we have lost this season.?

Eric Clay, Billy Thompson, John Holdsworth and David Campbell.

I think he ahd a fair game, but did miss a lot of things, whether deliberately to let the game flow, or just because he's Bentham.

Two late challenges were missed, on Leuluai & Tomkins, that were as bad as the one McIlorum was penalised for.

The decisive ones he didn't give were late in the game, though - we should have had any one of 3 penalties for offside in our last full set before the end, which would have given us the (deserved, IMO) draw.

It isn't about "winning" the penalty count, it's about getting the decisions right. Being awarded more penalties doesn't make me any more inclined to accept incorrect play the balls, constant off-sides, late tackles off the ball etc, especially in a game as close as that. Not to mention the foot out of play in goal - one of the most shocking decisions of the season.

Like I said, I don't know why you are complaining. Bentham, like most SL refs, is a mixed bag and I didn't see any wrong or right decisions go in any one way in particular. It was a mixed bag for both sides.

The feet in touch thing - wasn't that down to a touch judge's blindness rather than the ref's?

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