Indeed he has. I hope he comes back to let us know if he got a seat with his pint.

Had to stand up but the band was ok !

TBF to Hicks, who I thought had one of the best games I can remember him having, he was taking both sides back more than 10, metres and letting them stand in front of him, we did catch on to this eventually whereas Wigan were doing it from the off. At least thats how it seemed to me at the time.

I would rather a game be reffed like that - take them back 11/12 metres and if they are slightly in front then you know they are still onside, and if they are miles in front then it is a lot clearer they are offside in stead of trying to work on fine margins such as when ref's stand dead 10 metres. If anything you at least know the ref is not only going back 7/8 metres making it impossible to play rugby and allows for a more free flowing game, which i'm all for.

I don't think hicks was outstanding on sunday, but in what was a difficult game with the tension i thought he handled it ok. I think he was fair at least, and that's all you can ask for even if the decision making is not 100% and he pinged both sides for the same things. I can handle a ref consistently inadequate for both teams, but it's when it favours one of the bigger teams against you thats what really grinds my gears and i do not think we got that on sunday.

Or equally the linesman could look along the 10 metre line and ping anyone in front, basically do there job (if the ref listens to them)