I'n the words of Morgy I can't spake.......if Cummins is sorry


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then we are due the definate act of contriction and to see him prostate himself outside the gates of wheldon road from this richard cranium for the utter and abject garbage we have seen lately in the guise of referees (sic)

What about the tackles in the air on OUR players in the Leeds and HKR games which went un punished

Through out the season the controversial decisions even themselves out but for him to publicly apologise to the Bull is laughable

Pathetic, we have been robbed in some games and to a point of pure cheating and favouritism. so I have no sympathy for him or Mcbanana....seems like a precedence has been made here.

The apology itself makes no material difference to the outcome of the matches. If he's said sorry, he can now go on to use it as evidence for the need to give the refs extra training and get their performance up.

TBH it's a storm in a teacup. I doubt an apology would have been made to Salford or Celtic in similar circumstances, but lets hope that its a catalyst for refs making better decisions.

If Bradford put in some decent performances reffing decisions shouldn't affect the outcome of matches. Booh hoo poor Stevie Mac, next time the ref makes a poo poo decision he should take the ball home.

Precisely. And to be fair to him, Macca said that to the paper.

What a joke. What makes Bradford worthy of an apology when plenty of teams have had poor decisions made against them that cost them games?

I think the question is not what makes Bradford get a reaction when they raise an issue with the controller of refs, but what makes the Bradford coach think it's wise to then make that correspondence public and use it to claim "Cas should have had two tries disallowed" – his words, note, not Cummins's

Because those two losses have cost his side a place in the playoffs and his neck is on the line, presumably.

this appology absolutly stinks in my oppinion, how can he just singal out one club for this, we must have had just as many bad decisions against us this season as the bulls have had in fact all clubs have there fair share of bad decisions over the season so for him to say sorry to the bulls just says to me that they are going to start a push up the table as they will now probably get the beneffit of all 50/50s and any other help that may be on offer, i am just glad we dont have to play them again as it would be 2 points we would not be getting, and as for the 2 high tackles on deacon if they were so bad why werent they picked up on the video review and cas players called to a disiplinary, as i said at the start this just stinks.

Anyone else having trouble finding the article????


Delboy66(aye of the tigers fanzine)

Yep, I guess it's been pulled. At whose request is another matter...

It was definitely there the other day because I read it. It would appear that it has now been removed.

I haven't read the article in question so I might be wrong but tb suggests that the article was actually an interview with Steve McNamara in which he relayed the apology?

If so, I suspect it's probably not that unusual for Stuart Cummins to be talking with coaches and to admit that a particular decision was not the right call.

However, that's usually kept behind closed doors, only in this case Steve McNamara - desperate to hold onto his job by any means - is keen to publicise the fact in an attempt to deflect attention away from his coaching.

Maybe the apology has been "withdrawn" too?

Maybe Mr Cummins didn't like the picture they used of him looking bloated and out of breath

When do we get our apology for Benthams performance at Murryfield.

I've just noticed that. But iirc, the only quotes in it were from McNamara.

Taken from the bulls forum-

Telegraph and argus-Cummings: A clarification

Rugby Football league match officials' Director Stuart Cummings has asked us to point out that he did not, as stated on the back page of yesterday's Telegraph & Argus, apologise to Bradford Bulls boss Steve McNamara for what he does admit were some wrong decisions in recent games. We apologise for the error and any embarrassment this may have caused.

Seems the apology has been "withdrawn."

An apology it should be noted that only mcnamara has actually heard.

Or was never made.

What a load of absolute garbage.