is he a just filling in as Ref because
He should learn ther learn therulesfirstas he not even shore how to use apply them

Ive given up brow beating this idiot it serves no purpose he aint got a clue got to be one of the worst refs in history.

Fair point Horbury cat, though he seems to save something special for us. Fafita's penalty for moving off the mark was hilarious. He didn't, unless you count the actual step forward to play the ball. He moved forward after he played it but I think it was all a bit too quick for poor James. Or he just hates us, which I think is a distinct possibility

Very frustrating but he couldn't stop the inevitable, although Eddie tried his best by saying that Child had given 'no try' but he neglected to add that Child had asked for the possibility of a penalty try.
It was a 'no try', as Miller didn't ground it but the infringement wasn't in doubt.

Just come back from Craven Park today and saw a refereeing performance in a par with Child.

Hope he never refs us based on that performance.

Remember the name C Straw

Just come back from Craven Park today and saw a refereeing performance in a par with Child.

Hope he never refs us based on that performance.

Remember the name C Straw

Twins then

Yes. Identical.

Stupid phone.

the problem with fifita and its the same with his brother here in the NRL is that they give so many pens away - that every time they are in a tackle or with the ball the ref is looking closely at what they are doing and every time it looks like something is happening it always going to be him that "supposedly " caused it.

If that player was anyone else other than fifta it would not of been a penalty.

in saying all that thought- the ref tried as hard as he could to make saints win that game it was embarrassing!!!!!!!!!

The Fifita penalty was a joke, it seems to be an option for a ref to award a penatly against a play just because he can.

I've no issue with the Fifita penalty actually - as long as it applied consistently. Its just we don't see it applied anywhere else at all.

He shouldn't be trundling forward like that after playing the ball and compromising the markers. He kept doing it after the penalty as well but got away with it.

And therein lies the problem - you will see players moving off the mark many times over the course of a weekend, but it's rarely penalised; he suddenly decided to penalise Fifita for it - and it lead directly to a try, which put Saints back in the game.

The issue with Mr Child, in my view, is that he's liable to penalising a particular player rather than an offence.

I agree with this. By the laws of the game it was a penalty all day long. The only problem is we have lack of consistency which is why I (and others) get frustrated.

The next penalty against Fifita (not "Fafita" for those who persistently spell it incorrectly) I thought was harsh. It was a tackle where Fifita retained control, it just looked unusual.

But the timing of the penalties, the number of head-high shots that Sts got away with and other little niggles throughout the game could make you suspicious its the Ref trying to get one team back into the game at the expense of impartiality. Not quite as obvious as Ganson was, but he's working on it!

Agree totally