Given what we know they only want people to toe the party line, they aren't interested in change, they can't/won't accept that how they are doing things is not just badly managed but is having a massively detrimental effect on the game as a whole not just individual results.
If you think that if some people on here apply and stick through the garbage of getting through the ranks (as storied on here a couple of years ago) will change anything you're sadly mistaken.
It not only needs investment, it needs professionals, something that Ganson et al are not, that and a complete shake down in how the RFL approaches how the sport is officiated because currently there is so much wrong in how that is done that no individual will make a jot of difference.
They don't even understand the basics of human psychology and why most human beings tasked with winning and as a part of that physically and mentally beating their opposition will behave to do so.
They cannot grasp how you deal with this, they fail to look back as to why officials back in the old days were able to control certain aspects massively better. Yes there are some aspects that have improved but the overall is far far worse.

What award has he won? Worst ref ever? Thaler is a proper, decent RL ref. IMO the only one we've got.

Bentham wasn't bad, but now that I think about it...has Bentham actually reffed a game since that collision with Houston?
I know he's been a video ref plenty of times since then but I can't ever remember seeing him on the pitch reffing?

I agree, Thaler is the only decent ref out of the bunch.

Kendal and Childs are well below par. Hicks and Hewer are not as bad, but still no where near consistent enough.

I felt the same - he was clearly trying his best to persuade and cajole the captains into addressing the issues for some time before he started dismissing people; I guess it's indicative of the habit of hearing a ref say "talk to you players and sort it out, or I will," then walking back into the line saying nothing, and smirking like a kid who's got away with being naughty.

I'm not sure what else he was supposed to do - it was a ridiculous display of petulant unprofessionalism and thuggery, and they got everything they deserved; well played Mr Thaler - he should run courses for other refs on how to deal with idiots on the field.

Well said they played us in the cup last season and they bashed the hell out of our boys. I did post on the Warrington forum when they got this draw that I felt sorry for them and to be prepared for a busy medical room.

It all went as expected with Rowley's bar room brawlers.

He has a broken leg.

There is as much nonsense on the Thaler side as there is on the 'he's corrupt' side. Thuggery? There wasn't a bad challenge or incident in the whole game.

The problem with Thaler's showing was that he didn't referee both sides the same. The lack of discipline up to the flare up under the posts was very even, yet only Toronto copped the punishment for that. If Thaler had sin binned Hill under the posts like he should have I'd possibly have sympathised with him, instead he was ultra pedantic with Toronto and lenient/normal with Warrington. A yellow for Hill and Simms under the sticks would have sorted that whole issue out.

McCrone stepped over the line of bringing the game into disrepute. Its not ref its Sir.

Not 1 Toronto player charged with the RFL disciplinary.

Bizzare

The RFL needs to keep Saturday's top-billing match against terrific Toulouse an interesting one.

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It'll be a cracking atmosphere....

Not really as there was nothing individually worth banning really (red/yellows on the day sufficient). It was the continuous nature of the ill discipline rather than the seriousness of them that was the problem.

The RFL would be better writing to and warning Toronto as a club on their behaviour rather than ban an individual or two.

24 penalties and not one windmill. Someone needs a letter.

Agreed, it will be amazing. Both clubs totally deserve their invitation to the 'Sooper Dooper League' not magic at all weekend !

It will be a cracking atmosphere in the pubs where fans of the SL games will be having a pre-match pint and a bit of banter before going to the ground when the T v T ends.

That would suggest that you believe that the RFL are massaging things to assist Toronto and Toulouse gain some advantage. Surely not?

Top billing match???????? At 12.45 pm while the SL fans are still in the pubs.

Strictly JP is partially correct, as they are the first match. It was his suggestion that the RFL were complicit with Toronto in not taking further disciplinary action against their players to keep the game "interesting", along with the infantile "terrific" et al that he seems to need to attach to clubs' names that is so ridiculous.

The Swindling Swinton one is a cracker, how can a team be swindling when they are not doing as well as hoped. As infantile as it is, it is a very slanderous statement that could get the fake Frenchie in alot of bother.

Quick, lets chuck all the "expansion" clubs out of all the leagues because our faux Frenchman has been daft



Leigh fans in yet another desperate attempt to have a moan shocker

Wasn't moaning about any team trying to get into SL, read what i typed