Ben Thaler

[weststandguy]

cheer josie

[josie andrews]

cheer josie

Hip hip hooray hip hip hooray

[cpwigan]

Just been watching Cats v Hudds. There are challenges in this match that are going unpunished bar penalties that make Mathers look like a choir boy and far worse than the McLlorum tackle even though it is Klein, the same referee.

[weststandguy]

cheer josie

Hip hip hooray hip hip hooray

as you probably guessed, that was meant to read cheers

[josie andrews]

Just been watching Cats v Hudds. There are challenges in this match that are going unpunished bar penalties that make Mathers look like a choir boy and far worse than the McLlorum tackle even though it is Klein, the same referee.

Agree Cp the one from Ferriol and then the one from Fakir where a million times worse than Mathers v Matt King, Mathers v Demetriou and Mcillorum v Gilmour? or was it Wilkin can't remember now but they were both very malicious I thought.

[turf]

Just been watching Cats v Hudds. There are challenges in this match that are going unpunished bar penalties that make Mathers look like a choir boy and far worse than the McLlorum tackle even though it is Klein, the same referee.

There you have it, that is inconsistency from the SAME referee, as if it is not bad enought hat there are different interpritations by all 6 referees there is also ONE referee - Klein who goes out and interprets high shots differently than a couple of weeks ago - aka Wigan vs Saints?!?!?! :conf: :conf:

[WESTCUMBRIARIVERSIDER]

Ben Thaler failed to sin bin Mark Calderwood for a professional foul on Danny Brough. So in effect, the referee loses control.


stevo reckoned on sky sports that calderwood done nothing wrong and he was allowed to use a shoulder charge, so was it a wrong call or is stevo just talking crap again?

[josie andrews]

Ben Thaler failed to sin bin Mark Calderwood for a professional foul on Danny Brough. So in effect, the referee loses control.


stevo reckoned on sky sports that calderwood done nothing wrong and he was allowed to use a shoulder charge, so was it a wrong call or is stevo just talking crap again?

Sorry, but Calderwood was running in the same direction as Brough and so was entiled to shoulder charge him in my opinion

[GeoffN]

Ben Thaler failed to sin bin Mark Calderwood for a professional foul on Danny Brough. So in effect, the referee loses control.


stevo reckoned on sky sports that calderwood done nothing wrong and he was allowed to use a shoulder charge, so was it a wrong call or is stevo just talking crap again?

Sorry, but Calderwood was running in the same direction as Brough and so was entiled to shoulder charge him in my opinion

Correct. Not often I agree with Stevo, but he was right in that case In any event, Calders is miles quicker, so wouldn't need to obstruct him.

[Shaun1967]

Was quite happy before the game when I saw Thaler was ref as I rated him as the best of the six.
I now rate him equally with the other five.
He simply had no control of the game.
Next season I might buy a season ticket to watch Ganson or Klein, as these days when I go to watch two sides playing rugby I invariably come away discussing the referees performance above that of either team.
The only good thing I can say about him on that performance is that he created a close, exciting game through his incompetence.