Who cares if someone actually plays the ball with their foot or not? We should be getting to grips with the tactics that slow the game down, not those that speed it up

If we have players having to play the ball with the foot properly then the officials absolutely have to enforce the defending team not to encroach before the ball actually is in the hands of the DH. That players rarely put their foot on the ball as mentioned above is to not only counter the shenanigans at the ruck but the encroachment of the defending teams that refs/tocuhies rarely enforce properly.
That narrowing down of the 10metres is what stunts free and open play as well as markers that are blatently not standing square.

Would like to see the attacking team get penalised when the player clearly moves off the mark meaning the square markers are no longer square. To many times last season the penalty went the wrong way. Wigan (especially charnley) were masters of it

Got to agree with that. And it can be done.....

moving of the mark and walking half a dozen steps needs sorting out ,

2 Ref system like the Aussies, simple, sorted

We don't have enough quality refs as it is without having to field twice as many.

Agree with this as its an area that really needs to be sorted by the officials along with a number of players now releasing the ball in a tackle just to gain a penalty.

I also agree strongly with this. Or at least I hope Rovers get better at it!

There's players who make impressive yards after contact, and there's those that do it after the tackle. The problem is, if a player 'stumbles' at worst the ref sends him back - it's rarely penalised. Obviously there's the risk of penalising a genuine stumble, but the way things are going it is worth it.

Was watching the union 7's last weekend and a lot of their refs are ex players and it told. Some of them was in as good nick as the players. They kept up with play and knew how to talk to the players. About time the rfl provided a clear path way for ex players a chance to stay involved and even earn a decent living from the game. Surely theres some lower league players who wouldn't mind reffing a grand final if the option was a serious one. Something needs changing as at the moment the standard has not kept up with the progression of the modern game

Difference is that most RU pro players are ex public schoolboys with a decent education whilst most RL players struggle to string a sentence together

You've been spending far to much time in golf clubs of a Sunday afternoon Jakester.
It shows.

You reckon? The school I went to was only marginally better than the one you attended

If they did recruit ex players to become referees the RFL would only look at Wigan and Leeds as they do for everything LOL