Thats one small mistake years ago

So was the shirt pulling incident

I'm surprised none of the resident Aussies on here have mentioned his World Cup exploits as VR. Probably still a sore topic.

With a blithering idiot like your "comment" reveals you to be? No, none at all. Now run along while the grown-ups talk, there's a good wee lad.

I don't hate Ganson. But I wonder if he will eliminate that tendency to give the quick decision when he has time to make the right call (video ref at MM 07, advantage twice for tries he disallowed to give penalties to the scoring side twice in England vs Wales).

It goes without saying that if you don't like the standard of refs, be nicer to them and about them because there is no doubt the vitriol will be putting a proportion of prospective refs off ever picking up a whistle.

Small mistake....mmmm
Whilst I agree that errors are and will be a part of the refs make up, the one I mentioned cost London Broncos a point. Points win or loose coaches jobs. The also affect team moral and subsequent performances.....but refs just carry on.
Ganson is probaly a really nice guy, but I will always remember him as an incompetent to55er.
The thread asked why we hate ganson I said I don't hate him, I just don't rate him.

It was Robinson. We should all be grateful to Mr Ganson for this. There are few players more deserving (Wellens being the only one who springs to mind).

I used to hate him, being a Wigan fan and him being a Saints fan but any bloke who can award a penalty try against the Aussies in the World Cup final can't be all bad!!

He's a Saints fan, so that means he's a WORLD CLASS referee.

You're probably the guy who as the seat next to him at Knowsley Road though.

Funnily enough, whenever I've attended a match as a neutral I invariably don't notice the ref...

Ganson and the Bulls goes back to a cold Wednesday night at Odsal in 1997 when we played the Oldham Bears and Ganson was the referee (the first time we had ever had the cheating ....)


The early days

1998 Warrington at home (gave Wire loads of penalties and nearly cost us the game)

1998 Hull at home (sent Robbie Paul & Bradley to the sin bin for throwing the ball away, Hull players does it and nothing gets done)

1999 Castleford away (sent Anderson off in the 18-18 draw, replays showed he did nothing wrong)

2000 Warrington away (sends big Mac off and Lowes to the sin in mass brawl) We lead 32-12 at half time and lose 44-32 as Ganson gives every thing but money to Wire in the second half

2000 Wakefield away (gives just about every penalty in the RFL rule book to Wakefield as we lose 16-12)

Step a bit forward . . ..

2005 Widnes at home (25-25, need I say no more) Stuart Duffy in the press room after thematch shows the press some interesting stats that show that Ganson gives more penalties against the Bulls then any other team.

2007 Leeds at home (fails to send Brent Webb off for a shocking head high tackle), costs us the game as Donald scores off a mile forward pass in the last two minutes

2007 Cardiff (Cheated and robbed of two points)

2007 Wigan away (gives Pies a 13-4 penalty count as we lose 25-1

2007 Wakefield at home (sends big Joe off as we just hold on for a 36-24 win)


2008 Huddersfield away (yet again two players in the sin bin and a red card to Paul sykes who calls him a cheat at the full time hooter of which Ganson robs us of a chance to draw as we go down 25-24)

2009 Huddersfield at home (same old Ganson as he misses a shocking Huddersfiedl knock-on that leads to atry and rules out two Bradford tries)