Re: Halifax (H) 14th Aug : Mon Aug 15, 2016 3:38 pm  

Can anyone clarify what the penalty was for when Howarth went off injured? I thought it was for lying on, but given he appeared to be knocked senseless I considered it a little harsh.

Re: Halifax (H) 14th Aug : Mon Aug 15, 2016 4:33 pm  

childofthenorthern wrote:

Can anyone clarify what the penalty was for when Howarth went off injured? I thought it was for lying on, but given he appeared to be knocked senseless I considered it a little harsh.

That is what it was given for but to fair to Mr Woodhead if you are going to question that decision then there were probably 10 or so more decisions that could also be questioned. The randomness of some of his penalties is a joy to behold. On at least 1 occasion for both teams he gave a penalty for holding down in a tackle that seemed quicker than 90% of the ones before it and then in the very next tackle the holding down would be worse and it were ignored. They say you get what you deserve and unfortunately for both of us he is the standard of ref we deserve.

Re: Halifax (H) 14th Aug : Mon Aug 15, 2016 5:15 pm  

The 2 guys challenging Moss before his 80m try were in front of the kicker. One by about 5m, the other only by about 1m. I'm sure Mr Woodhead or his assistant had spotted it but graciously allowed advantage....
But yes, completely random officiating.

Re: Halifax (H) 14th Aug : Mon Aug 15, 2016 6:14 pm  

childofthenorthern wrote:

Can anyone clarify what the penalty was for when Howarth went off injured? I thought it was for lying on, but given he appeared to be knocked senseless I considered it a little harsh.

In the refs defence, maybe he didn't know he was unconscious. I often wonder myself with the time some players take to get up.

Re: Halifax (H) 14th Aug : Mon Aug 15, 2016 6:21 pm  

melly88 wrote:

RS quoted when questioned about Charnock ''we have 4 halfbacks signed for next year and Charnock isn't one of them, unless something changes there I'm not sure''

Chisholm, Keyes and Thomas currently confirmed. Rumoured Thomas is going to be out on loan next year. Pryce still isn't confirmed to us, so was an interesting quote.

Paul Sykes.

Nailed on.

Re: Halifax (H) 14th Aug : Tue Aug 16, 2016 9:08 am  

hindle xiii wrote:

Paul Sykes.

Nailed on.

Oh dont, please!

To be fair, in the last few games Morrison has put him at centre and he's looked far better. But with the exception of 3 or 4 games, he's been utterly terrible at stand off!

To be fair though, it would ALMOST be worth finding a place for him at centre just for his place kicking!

Re: Halifax (H) 14th Aug : Tue Aug 16, 2016 9:53 am  

debaser wrote:

In the refs defence, maybe he didn't know he was unconscious. I often wonder myself with the time some players take to get up.

Not having a go at the ref (I suspect it's a difficult thankless task), but it's possibly the first time i've seen an unconscious player concede a penalty.

[Bulliac]

Re: Halifax (H) 14th Aug : Tue Aug 16, 2016 10:44 am  

It was an awful decision. He may not have known when he blew the whistle but he certainly did before the kick was taken.

We've seem refs in SL change a decision when the video shows it to be wrong so there was no need to let the penalty stand. Referee Woodhead is clearly just a jobsworth with no thoughts of his own.