after watching the salford v celtic game must admit that albert put himself about, was always talking to the teams and was in the right time at the place and guess what no video ref

will it last or is he our new no.1 ref

couldnt agree more thought he had a good game although no real difficult decisions to make. all the trys were pretty clear cut and i dont think any referee would have gone to the video ref for any of the tries

Just a point of informationIBERT, not Albert!

He is French you know?

Obviously you didn't go friday!!

he just looks like my uncle albert

Thought the ref was great saturday he let it flow unlike Ganson! Thats how Super league needs to be refed. Just blow up pens that are for the obvious!

I've rated this guy since I first saw him in officiate a French cup final a few years ago. Was a pleasant surprise to see him turn up last year, but was surprised he wasn't utilised more in the final stages of the WC. Hopefully as a full time ref he'll add some neutrality to certain matches in the four nations tournament.

It will be interesting to see how Catalans fans respond to him. I've a few friends over there and they are all convinced that English referees are against them (to the extent that some believe that the RFL are using English refs against them because we - the English - don't want them in the competition.lol) When I try to explain that we all think Ganson is useless, and maybe Catalans give away too many penalties - they pretty much dismiss it.

Hopefully Monsieur Alibert will be shared around a bit this season so each team gets some decent refereeing.

have you noticed though how his call for the tackle count is really high pitched, then his subsequent call of "move" is a really deep baritone? maybe there's a special course on this at the RFl refereeing academy