In what way was Catalan hard done by? A couple of calls went against them. That happens in every single game. The Coote knock back from touch was a poor call and the picking out of Tomkins ptb was strange in a game of 300 ptbs. The officials make genuine mistakes every game, the players make mistakes every game and coaches make mistakes every game. It happens with human beings. As a team you have to defend them.
Moore is a decent young referee. The best young ref we have actually. He couldve handled the ruck better in the 1st half but the 2nd half rucks was very good.
You know when you get a good game, as Saturday's was, the ref usually contributes to that but rarely gets praised.
You will never get consistency because the referee has to manage the game, if they blow everytime theres an offence you wouldnt have a game. The game is so fast they cant always get the right angle to see everything and even then they cant see thru a mass of bodies. Its a very difficult job and a job you can easily make a scapegoat of.
Referees run miles in a game, players get to switch off when in possession, refs dont get that luxury. They are expected to look left and right at same time to make sure nobody is offside while also looking forward at ptb whilst getting an angle to see if the 1st pass is flat or forward. The ball is shifted quickly 20m one way the ref has to move with it to make sure they have right angle to see the tackle but somebody like Walmsley gets in the way. "High tackle ref how did u miss that ref are you blind u cheat?" The ball gets dropped or is it stripped? Ref cant see cos theres 4 bodies in that area. Opposition gets the ball and he gives play on. Most of the players have to run 5m to get in position but the ref has to run 20m, cos hes 10m back for 1 team and then has to switch, and by time hes run 15m the ball has been played and people are screaming and begging for offside. Just think about that and how tough the job actually is.
