well thanks to a spineless ref the cup game between Normanton and Upton u17s had to be abandoned due to brawling, the game looked evenly match and a few dubious decisions helped Upton take a lead in the game 0-6, no different to any game there is a few niggly tackles but then it got stupid, there was one Upton player scraggy players by the shirt shaking not tackling them like the games all about, too early to sin bin was a comment made by the ref which came to the side line.
This of course lead to retaliation and then the game got way out of control, their no. 19 in a brawl came from nowhere to give a cheap shot and was right sent off for it but the penalty then went their way
It was then evident that their only goal was to disrupt the game and it turned into a mass battle all over the field, the game then got abandoned
the RFL have got to remove refs like the one today, he was never in control and should have his licence removed or put him with the under 9s
