Hock definitely no try.

Phelps' knock on looked to go backwards, but difficult to tell at pitch level from some distance away, so no argument with that one.

I thought the pass to Ainscough for his second was fine - the ball went forward relative to the ground, but went backwards relative to the player, as he was running quickly at the time. Watch the replay from the wide angle and you can clearly see that the passer is in front of the ball as it moves left.

Thaler made plenty of poor decisions. He seems to ref the game to how he wants the scoreline to be and not what's going on.

Don't think he had a good game at all for either side.

You just have to look at the Graham incident.

'Play on, play on James, oh I mean play the ball'.

I think you're right that he's the best, but even he makes a lot of mistakes. Fortunately they evened themselves out last night but there's nothing worse than close matches being decided by poor refereeing. I think the RL should take a look at the two ref option, the game is just too fast for one man to police. They could also do with finding some decent TJs.

at the end of the day we ve got no decent refs in superleague its swings an round abouts all the time you win some decisions an you lose some i think there some better refs in NL1

The ref had a good game last night.
There was almost 20 mins gone before he gave the first pen.
Hock's disallowed "try" was the first pen not given by Thaler but the VR.
Yes he made mistakes and glaring ones but overall he had an excellent game.
Compare that to Bentham's nightmare v Huddersfield and he looked very good.

Ganson had a good game in France last week, and today at Hull.
I thought Thaler was generous to Wigan last night TBH.
It seems the refs are letting a lot more go at the moment, such as not touching the ball with the foot at the PTB, markers not square, etc. It has certainly made for a quicker game, with a lot less penalties. You can hear them telling players to be square, or 'two feet' or when the ball's out at a scrum. Having said that, I don't want the players to start taking the p1$$ and ruining the game either.

He was giving both sides a very generous 10m today.

I thought Thaler had a good game - he's reffed us on two occasions this season at home with both games having flowed and therefore been enjoyable. I also find his decisions are fairly consistent.

All refs make mistakes or apply subjective judgements that fans will often disagree with, but I think he got the key decisions right yesterday and wasn't whistle happy. Unlike some refs he doesn't seem to look to give penalties unless they are warranted. A complete contrast to that buffoon Bentham, who generally makes different decisions on similar incidents throughout the same game. Nothing is more frustrating than an inconsistent interpretation of the rules and he is the worst. Afraid the Catalans game on Monday will provide a demonstration.

I have. He runs back , touches the ball which goes back a short distance, he overruns it, ending on Wigan's side of the ball and that is why the ref said it went forwards. I don't mind, merely wanted to point it out to put people right.
Watch it again carefully, with no preconceived ideas.

Hmmm, make your mind up!

how can you make glaring mistakes and have an excellent game

give it time you'll get used to him/her

Well given the amount of time you spend on this board, I'm sure you do.