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the first super league match ben thaler refereed was at griffin park when we beat the leigh centurions 70-16 and this year he refereed our 36-26 victory at headingley and our 27-16 victory against saints

I didn't have any problem whatsoever with Friday's official.

Thaler is ok now Mistress ganson on the other hand

I think "new" officials get given a Quins home game as a gentle introduction, because we've got the least partisan home crowd in SL. Sometimes when we're away up north I'm surprised how much we get, given the howling home crowd geting in the ref's ear.

Last Friday Cas were "the better team over eighty minutes", but we still got the short straw with refereeing decisions: their first try was a blatant forward pass, Williams(?) seemed to be stripped in a two man tackle for their third try, I still don't know why that try of ours was disallowed (it happened right in front of me) and I still think Pryce "knocked-on" for that crucial penalty, i.e. should have been a scrum, not a penalty.

Certainly did look like a Pryce knock on (havent seen it on tv yet) from where I was sat!

I didn't clearly see the incident on the night and have not seen it on TV since, but putting my amateur referee hat on, if Pryce knocked on and a Quins player, standing in front of him touches the ball, then that is a penalty to opposition / if Pryce knocks on and the ball say rolls into touch, then scrum, opposition feed / if Pryce knocks on and oppostion gather, then play on, zero tackle or if no advantage a scrum. I think that's all correct so decision the right one I think.

DL's todo list:
1) Go on forum
2) Be controversial
3) Watch them bite

4) Try to be more subtle while doing so.

Didn't hear too many complaints over the last minute penalty. The forward looking passes for first Cas try, constant failure to get them onside and the fact he forgot the sin bin existed were the issues.

With respect, I'm not sure how you can claim that to be a controversial opinion. Fine, he made a couple of mistakes, but every official does that in every game. I thought he policed the play the ball very well, and the game flowed nicely. I thought the 10 was OK personally. Didn't feel robbed/frustrated at all.

Not a sin binning for a professional foul when he gave the penalty after Pryce's break then Listy?

On the last minute penalty I thought it had hit a Cas player after Pryce had tried to catch it as did a number of Cas players apparently!

If a debatable sin binning and a forward pass is all you can come up with, I'd suggest the referee had a fairly good game.