Quote ="giddyupoldfella"This final will go down in history as the Chris Kendal final.
He wasn't bias or corrupt as some have said, but he was inadequate.
No doubt refereeing standards are are a low right now, there's only probably 2, 3 at a push who are competent at the moment.
I don't know how improvements can be made, it's not my job, but they need to be. We can't have that standard of refereeing in the showcase game.
Hopefully the lad can learn from this experience and improve, but I'm not confident in that right now.
Congratulations to St Helens.'"
I’m not sure how many Salford fans will say he wasn’t biased when they watch the game back.
Fages offside for the opening try;
Thompson elbow to the face on the floor - not even a penalty given when it should have been a bin;
Headbutt on the floor - no penalty;
Ball steal judged as a knock on - Saints scored a try from;
High tackle on Evalds - no penalty, then Saints receive a penalty within two plays later and kick for 2;
Dudson judged to have knocked on on Saints’ line when the Sts man was all over him.
It was a seriously one-sided, very poor performance by the ref.
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