Officials for Friday : Tue Sep 30, 2014 11:33 am  

Ref: P Bentham Vid Ref: R Silverwood
Touch J: J Child
Touch J: T Roby

Re: Officials for Friday : Tue Sep 30, 2014 11:44 am  

That means any video ref calls will go the way of the wire, also better extend your sky+ to a further 20mins as Bentham couldn't make a decision himself if his life depended on it.

Re: Officials for Friday : Tue Sep 30, 2014 12:31 pm  

I'd rather it was the other way round. Unless I'm imagining things we have a bad record with Bentham as ref.

Re: Officials for Friday : Tue Sep 30, 2014 1:18 pm  

Eastbourne Warrior wrote:

I'd rather it was the other way round. Unless I'm imagining things we have a bad record with Bentham as ref.

Don't forget Silverwood was last year's GF ref & missed (or ignored) Greens face hitting Westwood's fist

Re: Officials for Friday : Tue Sep 30, 2014 1:41 pm  

Why does Bentham get to ref most of Warrington's games. He reffed them last week as well.?

: Tue Sep 30, 2014 1:43 pm  

As a warrington fan, I would rather have him as little as possible! He is terrible. Would much prefer silverwood

Re: Officials for Friday : Tue Sep 30, 2014 2:06 pm  

Agent Mulder wrote:

Why does Bentham get to ref most of Warrington's games. He reffed them last week as well.?

We don't want him, he doesn't like a fast PTB and you will slow the ruck down which negates the expansive Rugby that we like to play.

Re: Officials for Friday : Tue Sep 30, 2014 2:12 pm  

Fatbelly wrote:

We don't want him, he doesn't like a fast PTB and you will slow the ruck down which negates the expansive Rugby that we like to play.

You will also slow the ruck down, you always do.

Re: Officials for Friday : Tue Sep 30, 2014 2:24 pm  

In 2012 it felt like we lost every single game that Bentham refereed in. We won practically every other game that year.

He really is a truly awful ref, but I can't figure out whether he is biased against us or that he is just inept. Probably the latter. I'm surprised Thaler hasn't been given a game this weekend. Maybe he's getting the final.

At the moment we are not blessed with one single ref who inspires any confidence that he will get it right - even with three dozen cameras and about another half dozen blokes helping out.

Re: Officials for Friday : Tue Sep 30, 2014 3:16 pm  

Fatbelly wrote:

We don't want him, he doesn't like a fast PTB and you will slow the ruck down which negates the expansive Rugby that we like to play.

Fast open rugby from the team that runs from dummy half more than any other?
I prefer the team that scores most tries.