Scarey71 wrote:
(questionable decision when he yellowed one of theirs for a trip - is that not automatic red anymore?).
Also on questioning the ref, did anyone see them throw the ball at, I think, Lilley? I thought I did and couldn't work out why Holmes got binned for it last week but Toulouse were only penalised?
There was a ball thrown after Lilley stopped their breakaway. No consistency.
The ref seemed lost. He had a young linesman who was learning, but he did have an older linesman who he didn't want to listen to, so they didn't act as a unit.
The first scuffle, there was a punch thrown by ?Marian, the #13?. Lawrence kept asking about the punch, but the ref just warned both captains. Which then led to scuffle 2 as the Bulls were feeling they had to defend themselves and Toulouse felt they had got away with it. It looked like there was a headbutt from Stefani on Blackmore which then caused another scuffle. It went on report with a yellow card each.
The thing the ref missed (or decided to ignore) was the 2nd ball on the pitch for Arundel's try. I mean it's basic and you do have to play to the whistle, but the entire toulouse team were pointing at the 2nd ball while Arundel wandered through their line to score. Anyway, I've watched the highlights a few times now. Very enjoyable
