Two ways you can look at it

Yes we as a supporter we do not usually moan when we win and certainly the holding down and interfering at the play the ball was ridiculous, he also never looked to his left at all for offside from the defensive team.

On the other hand he is young he is learning his trade, i'm assuming he must have come through the co-op leagues ? give him a chance. Was not as bad as the "HOMER" and i do not mean his sexuality IAN SMITH on Friday who dare not make a decision against Leeds Dolphins sorry I mean Rhinos but might as well have been watching American Football with all the forward passing.

One thing I will say try refereeing then you will see how hard it really is.

It is hard Fred and i did not really want to start a witch hunt on a young ref, but you have to admit they did hold down several times and he should have sent one to the bin.

so hes fair game

I didn't think he did too badly. He didn't impose himself on the game too much, but then again, he is new at being in the middle. And I didn't go to watch him, which seems to be Ganson's view of spectators, that we pay to listen to a whistle.

I agree about the lack of a card for holding down, but he penalised them frequently and probably gave us the game because of it.

In all fairness it must have been a very big day for the bloke reffing his first SL game. I know a more experienced ref would have given a warning
then a yellow for the holding down. However he never stopped penalising them and thats what counts in the end.

They got away with it all last season and finished 3rd this season teams are wise to it they will be nowhere near the 8 this time

I think he did OK. Wasn't an ideal game to have as a 1st though. Well done lad.

Way out of his depth today IMHO.

I think its a disgrace trial refs are given SL games. Surely they should come up through the ranks at low leagues first?

Surely there must be better more experienced refs in NL1 that would have liked the chance to step up to SL?

That poor young lad was well out of his depth today and I actually felt quite sorry for him. Throwing him into the deep end is not going to help him or his confidence in the slightest.

If he did not see it which he obviously did not then he could not call it. Therefore he did not give us Martin's try. Any critisism for that must go to the touch judge if we could see it 20yards away then so should he.

Maybe the same touch judge who didn't see Blanch's foot go into touch before he scored.

You had the same view as me. The ref's view was impaired by the players.
You must be more alert than me then to notice that the touch judges had not swopped sides at half time then

I'm a foot higher than you though

5ft 8 is nothing to shout about though is it

Until we get robots reffing, they'll make errors. The biggest one in the game was Blanch and the drop out, nothing the ref did.

I'm sure some go just to criticise the ref...he had a fine game, it flowed and had no major flashpoints.

No decision he made changed the game, the ones the players made did, as it should be.

Didn't think he did too badly overall. A sin binning or two would indeed have sorted out the holding down but as someone has said he kept penalising them which was great for us.

Still think there's one or two refs in the NL who should have been given a go in SL before young Mr Child though.

Hope you don't mind input from a Catalans supporter lads.
We were terrible and indisciplined. And I can't understand why Walters stands behind the posts. (Can't see the game flowing). On the refs input, I think it would be good to give him a chance.? Watched two Toulouse games last week, Leahy at Sheffiled -v- Toulouse didn't have a clue, and Gareth hewer at the Widnes -v- Toulouse had a good game although he didn't have a lot to do, apart from fill his book with tries and goals against Olympique. They have to make the step up sometime eh?

Care to guess the name of the touch judge who didn`t call a knock 0n before Martin`s try?









Yes, it was Tony Martin (I kid you not).

Can't be related ? The name is toooooooooooooooo close ?

I m a referee myself and i personally thought he did ok
when you make mistakes you pick up on them and hopefully the bext game u ref will be more succesfull
i ve got to say though evrytime i shouted something he seemed to hear it and give it
Sooooo who was shouting for catalan or was they proper decisions lol

Until I saw the name at the bottom I thought you were going to say McBatt

Is this thread a slur on Mr Childs for letting Catalan slow things down or do Catalan get away with it with other referees?????

He gave us 15 penalties...dont knock the kid !!!!

is 15 the most weve ever been given in a game in SL history?

clearly he hasnt had his full RFL briefing yet....maybe he ought to serve an apprenticeship in front of the south stand and learn properly

Ten for holding down though, not knocking him just putting him straight

if you can straighten out a RL referee you wanna take that talent, bottle it and sell it.....retirement here you come !!!!!

MAGNERS