Just watched the game, I don't think it mattered who was refereeing that game the dirty spoiling tactics from both sides would have still been the same. Paddy Wack shouldn't have been yellow carded in the first half he was more of a peacemaker in that incident pushing the Wire player away on the ground.
Patton is a right grub must have been penalised 4 or 5 times for head tackles and Chris Hill needs to wear a muzzle instead of a skull cap. James Child only lost control in the last 2 minutes when both teams took the matter in their own hands and wouldn't allow Childs to calm things down. Edwards incitement to create another scrap was a disgrace.
I can't see the disciplinary treating this lightly they need to show some backbone so we don't see this constant aggression to the officials recurring.
Alreet, Manc! Where you been? Its crackers on here these days. Missed you. I agree regarding Childs. I thought he had a good game overall, but he’s always struggled in the past when games have got heated. What went on last night was well out of his hands though. Im not sure any of that rabble would have paid attention had he been more assertive.
screaming in the family corner, scaring the kiddies
His mouthing off and ignoring the ref and linesman should get him a ban. When all the scuffling was going on he did nothing but run from one scuffle to the other, not sure what he was trying to achieve, he didn't throw a punch nor stop anyone else. When the ref was trying to separate the teams at least Casty got his players back while Hill kept mouthing off.
I don't know if something happened off screen at the end it seemed Casty and other Cats players were holding Edwards back, when Hill went running over again, even though there was no Warrington player in the picture.
Just for once I think the newspapers will give big coverage to Rugby League and I do mean all the Newspapers .
I am going to say this and I don't care who disagrees , the old time Referees would be walking players back 10 for arguing with him and if they carried on talking the players concerned would be told carry on talking to me and you can go and sit down over there and talk to yourself in other words turn the clock back.
I'm really not a big fan of Hill. He's a grub, with underhand tactics, who picks on smaller men than himself. However, I think people need to consider the situation he found himself at the end of the game. His family and children were surrounded by drunk knobheads fighting in the stands.
Can you all really say you would have kept a cool head in the circumstances?
Well our game will end up like football then.
We risk excusing poor behaviour, Hill may have acted genuinely but his actions didn't really protect his family only as I could see incite more concern and therefore risk to more escalation. What was the ref to do?we cannot have players joining the crowd.
He wasn't alone many players were acting unprofessionally and it will take some working out
For me in the cold light of day it was an aggressive match which spoiled over despite the refs best efforts not because
It's a contact sport and whilst I don't condone this behaviour I accept it will occasionally happen.
Find the worst culprits, ban them, ban the bad fans and fine the clubs
The coaches shouldn't aim to divert blame to the ref or anywhere else, they should take responsibility, punish and move on
I said he was rightly concerned and said he went about it the wrong way, is that not what you are saying? He's a plonker but even plonkers might have family. I'm NOT condoning it!
He was making matters worse as were the other players and Childs couldn't have done anything differently at the end.
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I never thought I’d see the day when I might defend Tomkins but he simply asked Childs who had been responsible for the dissent that had led to a penalty. Childs told him that it was Gigot and he smiled/laughed at the predictability of who was most likely to have argued/answered back. Given that predictably, McNamara needs to have a word.
I agree with you about Childs. In any event refs need to be respected even when they they are wrong and it’s inevitable that they will get things wrong. Like others, I fail to understand why these two teams were so wound up with each other.
P.S. I’ve said it before but refs need to be addressed as “Sir” and they need to address players by team and number. It sounds old fashioned but it ensures a sense of distance and respect.
Kenny Edwards deserves a big ban. He incited lots of the trouble.
It's funny to see that the rest of Super League's fans now hate him. They weren't so full of hate last year when he launched a ball into our fans. Certainly an interesting signing by Huddersfield.