Making contact with the referee is always a ban but what it does show is the frustration that Hicks caused by his incompetence. Charnley gets battered (and was during the match) but always gets up and plays on - Hicks was the final straw. Too bad the RL won't do anything about him.

Was it something we said? Child, Hicks and now Bentham one after another!
Maybe we'll get a decent set of refs in the Super 8s and the semi-final, although somehow I doubt it.

<t>Hicks was everything I dreaded and worse. Never in position to see what was going on illegally before and during a tackle. <br/> I'm still not sure we played well enough to win but surely the last Leeds try was well offside. Unless Ferres and others have been training with Usain Bolt, they simply...

<r><QUOTE author="markill"><s>[quote="markill"]</s><QUOTE author="5miler"><s>[quote="5miler"]</s>Oh deep joy. Out <B><s>[b]</s>of the frying pan and into the fire.<e>[/b]</e></B> Can't wait.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> Is there a ref you wouldn't say that about though? Ha. It seems whoever is the ref, th...

<t>Not a centre for the same reasons he is not a half-back. Passing is too 'loopy' and slow and he delays when faced with multiple options. Compare him with Gildart and you can see the difference. <br/> Powell is an excellent squad player but if everyone was fit, he wouldn't be in the team. He didn'...

One trip is bad enough but 2 in a match? Hope the club are having serious words with him. Too good a player to stoop to that level - might be a sign that he is struggling with either, pace or the ability to turn quickly. Maybe the original injury is playing up?

<r><QUOTE author="markill"><s>[quote="markill"]</s>Gregson has the closest skill set to Lockers in my mind<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> There are some players that when you see them for the first time, they stand out. George Williams and Oliver Gildart are the most recent examples. Although I wouldn't put...

<t>"When I became a man I put away childish things"<br/> <br/> If only the RFL would do that. A weak referee causes problems for both sides, especially when the ref then becomes officious to make up for his shortcomings.<br/> <br/> Best refs this season have been Hewer, Cobb, Kendal and Thaler (alth...

<t>The only reason I raised the possibility is that a serious loose-forward can turn a very good team into a great team. They don't come along very often and if you look around SL at the moment, there are hardly any of this type, so the position just becomes another forward. What Andy Farrell and SO...

<t>When he played, I thought he was a decent player but never quite understood the way in which he was regarded as being the next superstar. Now that's not his fault at all and I've got enough confidence in the 'Wigan way' of bringing talent through to believe that he will be a very good player. Whe...