The body language from the Cas players as they stood behind the line at 6-8 said it all. We missed the conversion then Lineham fumbled that desperation kick from Austin. If only..........

So, we limped out of SL on a pretty awful night.
Fair play to KR who did what they needed to, and well. Great support from them too.
Kendall was bloody awful, it seemed like whenever we had any momentum he snuffed it out straight away.
One positive for me was that we (hopefully) won't have him reffing us next season.
Onwards and Upwards!

Just realised, our big defeat cost Leigh 4th spot.
You're Welcome!

I will miss how Kendall aggressively throws his arms about gesturing repeatedly the trinity players to get inside on their try line (when they all were) yet when the opposition are on the try line defending barely moves any muscle despite 2/3 been a step or two off at the side of him. Wasn’t just me who commented on the difference.

It’s a little hard to defend a referee when there’s inconsistencies like that. Thought he was excessively lenient with KR in the tackle too.

That 6 again is just terrible. It’s so inconsistently applied that a defender can get spun round by his collar when trying to play the ball with no 6 again yet another team can leave a hand on for a split second and it’s given. I can’t wrap my head around where the line is as it’s constantly fluid.

Thank god its over.....
Well played to HKR by the way - they didn't need that idiot in the middle's help to win the game, but as usual it was about him.
Funniest moment was when he gave another questionable decision and the KR player went to kick to touch and ended up on his 'arris!

made I larf that one!


Thought the young lads did well and were still at it at the end - unlike some of the others...
Fingers crossed for a decent 2024...........

Classy tweet from KR's twitter account to us last night.
Fair play to them.

If you think that is average you should be doing something else…

He watches Hull KR quite a lot but yes I think Lewis is an excellent (albeit a bit of bellend) player.

Your 1 point defeat at Leigh last week sent you out of SL....................................You're Welcome!!

Not really, not beating Castleford sent us down.

Did our current coach make any comments after the game.

It's funny that you think that would affect us somehow.
We are past being wound up by someone poking fun at us for being relegated.

Who cares we’ve got a new one.

What's the difference? Is not that the same as "bent"?

What's the difference? Is not that the same as "bent"?

Exactly !!!! rules are the rules but its just a disgrace how they interpreted depending on the teams playing !

Yes scarlet ma did make a comment after the game and as usual handled the situation with great professionalism and dignity like he has done all season. You can find it on most forums or news.

Also went to the North Stand to thank the supporters.
I get that he isn't head coach but I think it will be a loss if we lose him from the club altogether.

I think to a large extent MA has lived off the back of the good work of others and is overrated by Wakefield fans even regarding his youth team performances.
Personally don’t think he can go backwards anyway, I wouldn’t agree with him displacing the current HoY and I don’t see the point in him becoming an assistant to Powell. What would we be trying to achieve by him being assistant, are we one day going to offer him the Head Coach job again because that could be a disaster out decision all over again. Plus he hasn’t earned the right to be gifted any of that.

Personally i feel as a club we a complete break from the Applegarth era. This year has been a disaster on the field and like it or not he will always be tainted by that whilst he remains here and Powell needs free reign to bring in the people he wants. We already have someone doing the youth roles he used to so there is no job there for him. The club should shake his hand and wish him the best for the future.

But also i think a clean break would be good for him. His record with youth development will stand him in good stead to get another role elsewhere. He’s coached here for a long time and moving away from Wakey will move him away from his comfort zone and help him develop as a coach, seeing a different way of doing thing will be good for him. I think a change of scenery would do him the world of good.

I've heard that Powell wants to bring Shenton in as his assistant rather than Sheridan ??

That could be interesting!

With York profiting from Halifax's shock defeat I wonder if it's possible for Oli Pratt to return there for the play offs?

The difference is the interpretation of the rules..
One example being the six again rule
Some sides get caned on it ourselves being one of them. But it’s such a fine line and in my opinion a grey area .
On Friday I thought the sin binning was the correct call. which turned the game in HKRs favour(although we were on the back foot at the time)However the the six again rule seems to be applied to the lesser sides in SL and is a penalty that Kendall applies all to easily in games that he is reffing..

Along with the "golden point" the six again is not a rule a rule that I'm in favour of. I appreciate that it is there to speed the game up, but it is open to such easy abuse as you infer. A penalty seems a more positive decision, although I suppose that is also open to similar mis-use.
There was one instance of blatant obstruction that led to a Rovers try that was seen by most of the crowd yet "missed" by Kendall. Referees are almost untouchable and appear to be answerable to no one. The standard is lower now than anytime.