It is surprising that after NRL ditched the two referee experiment, Messrs Tomkins and Pearce were allowed to reintroduce it for our match with Catalans when they played puppeteers to the marionette in green. Tom Moore will be squirming in embarrassment when he sees a rerun of his performance on Saturday and should have several weeks to reflect upon it whilst conducting matches in League 1.

As ever, it wasn't the decisions he gave , though several would have bordered on bizarre if he had been solely responsible, but the total lack of even handedness and downright disrespect for the Wakefield players. We should have no problem if players are pinged for an incorrect play the ball, but if the ref is to call one, he calls them all and should be so certain that when we have the benefit of a replay, the viewers and commentators can spot an infringement. Certainly not the case on Saturday and concerningly, all in one direction.

Similarly, ball strip and lost possession, defenders obstructing at a high kick and players taken out off the ball are two sides of the same coin that always came up heads for Catalans. Defending on the line is a minefield of arbitrariness and that's before the number of genuine tackles that became six again whilst the second and even third man flop seems to be ok again.

This season is rugby league's big chance to showcase the game in its best light and we get this kind of nonsense destroying the fabric of the game. Nobody can have the slightest qualm about heavy penalties for foul play but the level of pedantic wrong calls is something that the game cannot survive.

I hate rat boy as much as the next discerning human… but he was Catalans main creative spark and they did win the game!

I agree

we are competing no doubt but the fact is we are 0 from 2 and about to be 0 from 3 .

can the first win come against leeds?

Doesn’t make him MOS though.

I’ve no axe to grind for Jowitt but if you think on the day Tomkins was the better FB then you saw a very different game to me.

I observe through many lenses…