I see the owner/chairman of Leigh has stated that referees are not fit for purpose and owners and coach's are frighten to speak out about them as they will be disciplined by the RFL I would tend to agree with him especially when watching games on TV as you are always close to the action. The referee of the Leigh game yesterday is a prime example as I do not rate him at all.

A lot of people have been saying this for a long time. Professional ref is a joke. Listen to the comments on SKy and then tell me everyone has faith in the ref. They are far too inconsistent.

Get 2 on the pitch like the NRL maybe that will work.

Yet most commentators in Australia love Internationals where there is only one ref! They have also taken the video ref WAY beyond even the debacles we have here, destroying the magic of scoring a try with their safety first attitude and "process" - as if that's better than the human right there amongst the action. For me curtail or scrap the video ref - the on field ref would then at least have to be in the right position to make a decision rather than knowing they can just refer it.

2 refs on the pitch still get if wrong in BRL, they also rely on the "bunker" probably much more than we use the VR here so can't see how that would improve things.
So let's get 3 or 4 refs on the pitch, or mayve we should just watch American football.
The human element in the game is what makes our game what it is, funny how the Leigh chairman made the complaint after they got nilled in a game, not sure how that's the officials fault.
I find it quite interesting that no one ever complains about the players behaviour when they are blatantly cheating! A player knocks on when he scores a try, they know they have knocked on but will always try to claim the try! Player passes forward do they ever admit it? Nope. It's the players that break the laws of the game not the referees, maybe look at that before slating the refs every game, just z thought.

We won today so my comments cannot be because we lost but I thought the ref was a disgrace today.

Standing with folk who are far more qualified than me to condone or condemn the ref and they all went for the latter option...Personally I thought he stunk the place out....

So what's the answer? You can't play the game without em.

Be interesting to hear why you say the ref was so bad though. I was not at the game so can't really comment on calls but what makes you say the officials were so bad?

Micky of course you can't play without them but that doesn't mean that we have to accept under performance. No one, or group is above the game.

Your response is typical of the current referees stance in that you are untouchable as a group.

The governing controllers (QA/QC in normal business) need to undertake an independent review.

I watched two thirds of the under 19 game yesterday and I thought the referee was pretty good I did not hear supporters shouting at him because he was making bad decisions. The referee for the main game very inconsistent for both sides on laying on, missed loads of high tackles from Halifax, penalised a Broncos player for a high tackle when it was clearly across the shoulders and missed numerous forward passes, one when Halifax scored a try.

PS I wonder if the Fax player will get a two match ban for lifting our player above the horizontal the same as Harrison. No sin bin and not put on report.

Referees, like players, coaches and chairman make mistakes. Regularly you hear commentators and pundits with polar views on incidents / decisions made in games. The NRL with it's two referees and bunker arguably get as many decisions wrong as the officials in non televised British games.

For British televised games, I would like to see a trial where the video referee is dropped, I believe that the concentration level of officials will be sharper and the resultant decisions better as a consequence.

Can I suggest you make notes on the officials at the forthcoming Dewsbury game and ask to compare it with that of the attending RFL official? Then if brave enough post it on here?