I'm surprised he's been given the honor, however I'm sure he'll do a sterling job. Well I hope he will.

Well if he has got the game,i just hope that the main talking point after the game will not be this bloke!!!!!....Don*t want to knock him but it says a lot for our game when this chap get such a high profile game....Apparently had a bit of a shocker at the Wire yesterday....But hopefully he will prove me wrong....

Temper temper

Absolute lol @ You!

I tell you what there is a few lioners that could learn some manners.

The Bulls lead the way when it comes to having a bit of class.

Enjoy the Antiques Roadshow on Sunday night

allez Thierry,on y va - bon match !

Avec vous une cuppa?

was shocking on sunday in the wire match looked clueless at times (for both teams). dunno who i want to win wigan as their english or st george because there not wigan.

Brilliant

Just confirmed on the official site:

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I think they should put in a hat the three best refs out of the nrl and the three best refs in super league and pick all the refs out of it eg main ref,two touch judges,video ref etc we need the best refs doing these games not some tin pot french mon

Oooh oooh, can we keep him? Pleaasee, i'll feed him and take him for walks!

Nom de Dieu ! - quelle catastrophe !!!

I remember having the same view when watching Melborne v Saints at the JJB in 2000. I went supporting Saints, right up to the point where the Saint's fans started chanting "If you all hate Wigan clap your hands".

It was around then I started cheering for Storm or anyone else that Saints may be playing.

Dear Lord, I just hope the clock doesn't need stopping...

it's ok now mate - he's finally learned the correct hand signals !

I am glad tbh.

A propper neutral ref stops the aussies moaning.

The English moan when it’s a French referee and the Aussies moan when it’s a kiwi referee. We just don’t like anything other than our own shocker

Its not that he's french, its just that he's crap.

We just don’t like his interpretation of the game that’s all. Every referee has a different interpretation. Richard Silverwood for example impressed the Australians so much during his world club challenge match between Leeds and Melbourne, he got called up to referee the ANZAC Test.

Not surprisingly the Australians won that game thanks to Silverwood’s style of refereeing. It was a different story come the four nations final when Tony Archer was the referee. Saying that I do hope that Mr Archer never ref’s an England game again.

No, he's definately crap.

When it comes to refs its not about who is good and who is bad, its about finding the best from a terrible bunch. Lets be honest they are all rubbish.

The question is...would you prefer a competent ref who is biased like all Australian refs when reffing a Test in which Australia play or biased like many English refs who have a history of disliking Wigan or Alibert who is always neutral but not so competent. I prefer Alibert. And, He has improved.