Just watched a re run of the game this morning and picked up on a comment made in commentary that we have conceded the most penalties in Super League this year. To be fair this did not surprise me one bit as we seem to lose momentum by giving away needless penalties each and every game and in my view this has been the case for many years regardless of who are the playing personnel or who is the coach.

My question is why is this the case and why can't a succession of coaches get this ironed out?

Personally I don't subscribe to the bent refs, small time club not wanted in Super league brigade, more that we are one if not the lowest spending and resourced clubs in the league and as such have to push the boundaries of play to secure any advantage we can during the game to level out the playing field as a result of being at the bottom end of the super league hierarchy.



Finally, just have to say awesome day yesterday, thank you To all involved, long may it continue.

I agree - he was square and just reacted more quickly; deceptive for a big lad.

Taylor may have been square but the second marker was stood alongside him. BJB could go right to milk the penalty that never comes to Wakefield or left into Taylor who was on him before he collected the ball. I am sure we would have been penalised if the roles were reversed.



The other thing becoming more prevalent is being penalised when players dummy the play the ball which I understood to also be an offence.



Definitely time for 2 referees as the current shower are incapable of officiating to a sufficiently high standard on their own and I'm absolutely sure it is time to scrap the video ref entirely.

Sorry I disagree. Penalty 99 times out of 100. If we had done it penalty definitely. Stupid penalties are only stupid if they get given and that is the problem....other teams commit stupid offences against us that are not given. Taylor was pulled for a ridiculous offside in the second half and then did exactly the same from the tap....not given.. Stupid , but not given.

I guess the fact that we see things differently illustrates the difficulty of refereeing a game with consistency - although they are paid to do it, so you'd hope at least for a more uniform interpretation of the rules.



I've been saying for several years that the game has got away from referees - coaches have become so adept at twisting and bending the rules, particularly around the ruck, that the sport is becoming painful to watch at times; when the contest is based on who can slow down the ruck or milk penalties, you know there's something up.



I would suggest, as I do every year, that the RFL, referees and coaches need to get together over the off-season to thrash out exactly how these crucial elements of the game will be refereed; make it very clear to coaches what is, and isn't, acceptable, then penalise the bejesus out of teams at the start of the season until they get the message. Back to back penalties and the odd sin-binning would educate them very quickly.

I agree with your sentiment here. I would like the same BUT with so much money at stake and the desperation not to be in the middle 8's I feel that coaches and players will always try to find ways to get an advantage, legal or otherwise. Managers want to keep their jobs, chairmen want to keep crowds coming, fans want their team near the top etc. etc. I'm not sure how we get rid of it. Certainly your ideas would be a start.