maybe Jonn Sharp ordered it

Thats also fair comment, he left the stadium showered, dressed and booted in under 20 mins, yet the arch enemy S Ganson always goes to both coaches afterwards to discuss individual issues and will admit if he is wrong...

there is the difference ..

I am sure childs will grow as his experience grows but in the meantime he has to use "ref sense" and even up penalty counts the old way and solve mistakes on the hoof as the other refs do ...

As RH said, he doesnt talk TO players he talks AT them...

very good point indeed!

Lets hope he does grow in experience as we all know how short of officials the game is.

In the meantime though Richard Agar has been put on a charge, whilst Mr Child will be busy refereeing the Superleague Champs on Friday, according to the RFL website.

See what I mean about respect working both ways?

wait for the details, if they ever come out.

What details he left within 20 minutes without going and discussing points with the coaches

....Now I wonder why





I doubt very much the full extent of what happened will be made public.

I agree, the edge of the carpet will remian bumpy for a while.

It does seem that something was said behind the scenes, but I wasn't there, so can't comment. What I did see last Friday was a terrible refereeing display from Mr Child who'll just go on his merry way to ref at Wigan tomorrow. Best of luck to both them and Le Cats, they'll need it if he keeps on form!

Now you feel like we did about Thaler. Childs though makes Thaler look class, he took our freindly against Salford and chucked over 30pens out, most for holding down. Vella did go to him a few times and you could imagine him saying 'Come on mate both sides are fecked as its our second hitout, can we shelve this holding down crap and just play?'

He then sin binned 2 and sent off 1 for Salford (they may have voiced opinions). Mcrae did however be more diplomatic than Agar!



ps I would like to see the odds for less then 10 pens tomorrow! might be worth a few bob.

Would Mcrae have been so diplomatic if he had just witnessed his side been fisted for 80mins and drop 2 super league points in the process?

I emailed Stewart Cummings 48 hours after watching the debacle that was The Child Show in an attempt to vent how frustrating it was on Friday night and just how annoyed I was still 48 hours later. I also cc'd Martyn Sadler into the email.



Martyn replied stating although he didn't see the game, he would be very interested to hear what Cummings had to say as the reaction from all quarters was very strong.



Unsure if Martyn has had any response but I've had bu99er all. This shows what contempt the fans are treat with.



The RFL want us to "respect" the ref's, yet with no communication or penalties for a bad performance, they appear to be untouchable from any criticism. How can anyone respect someone else if they cannot explaintheir decisions or hold their hand up to say they had a bad day at the office?



Respect is earned and should not be expected.