Thursdays Officials

[BKO]

THURSDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER

The Co-operative Championship Play Offs

Featherstone Rovers v Halifax RLFC 7.30pm (SKY)

Ref R Hicks TJ S Wright TJ T Crashley RR G Dolan RTJ R Webb VR TBC MC T Randerson

[daz]

OUCH!!!!

[Matt J]

For Gods sake!

[petesmithfan]

For Gods sake!

This might suite us as Halifax tend to like a quick tempo game and are not the most disciplined side. But must admit my gut reaction is to be sick

[Chris Taylor]

I personally believe he's a fantastic referee and will do a great job on Thursday.

[Robin Evans]

Better than Leahy!!!

[petesmithfan]

Better than Leahy!!!

That is like saying VD is better than Ghoenera

[dydo]

This might suite us as Halifax tend to like a quick tempo game and are not the most disciplined side. But must admit my gut reaction is to be sick

I think we like a quick tempo too though ,when weve been slowed down weve lost our only 2 home games

[gomersab]

So when do we play the winner of Barrow v Sheffield then?

If we win we go straight to the grand final. If we lose we play the winners of barrow v sheffield at home on thursday 16 september

Edited September 7, 2010 by gomersab

[Laminated Lobster]

I cannot believe that our supporters have decided that we are going to lose and it will all be the fault of the referee.

Very, very SAD.

[Terry Mullaney]

How many times has he reffed us this season and how many did we lose?

[Matt J]

I cannot believe that our supporters have decided that we are going to lose and it will all be the fault of the referee.

Very, very SAD.

I'm sure its all tongue in cheek

[Rob Hemmi]

Had a beauty of a game when he refd Leigh and Sheffield

[DMS]

As long as he's consistent towards both teams that'll do me. He's not the worst by far. Although he reffed in SL the other week and was absolutely slaughtered by both coaches, players, fans and everyone else.

[jon]

According to this Hicks has been reffed us 9 times in the championship - we have won 4 lost 4 and drawn 1

http://championshipstats.rlfans.com/Refs/R...icks/index.html

We have also had him 7 times in NL2 where we won 5 times losing 2, we have 1 loss in the NRC and we lost to Warrington in the challenge cup with him at the helm. Interestingly we haven't lost in the championship with Leahy in charge - 9 wins we did however lose our only 2 games in NL2

[gomersab]

This year we have had hicks three times. Beat Batley at home 36 10 leigh away 24 16 and lost at home to sheffield 30 32

[Paul Gibbins]

This year we have had hicks three times. Beat Batley at home 36 10 leigh away 24 16 and lost at home to sheffield 30 32

I remember bluebeard following him off the pitch after the sheffield game telling him what a stinker he had

[LOWFIELD]

The ref will not effect the result of this game, the best team on the night will win regardless of who is in the middle

[tizer55]

Sorry Robin I don't agree with you. Leahy has his faults, many to be honest but he is the same whoever he referees. Hicks is a different animal and I firmly believe that his selection by the RFL sends out a message. We will lose on Thursday now.You can say that it's up to the players to not give Hicks the chance to penalise us but i'm afraid it's a lost cause. I'll still go because the team deserve the support, they don't deserve Hicks.

Oh Dear.......Talk about pessimistic conspiracy theories. Lets hope the players don't take the same view!! With that attitude don't think the team will miss your support TBH so may be better for you to give it a miss!!

[Steve Ashton]

The players will decide the outcome of this game not the officials..

To be honest, although we shouldn't take anything for granted, we have already beaten Fax twice this season, and therefore should have nothing to fear.

Trust me, the lads will do the business on Thursday.

[snake1985]

Could have told you who would have been reffing this game at start of season!!! Mr Hicks is on sky more time than piers morgan!!!

[Bob Fowler]

The referee can and of course is an important factor in the result of a game, however, if we play the game and don't give away silly penalties, we don't transgress on the field, then we can win. Without referee's we have no game, and I admit to being a friend of Robert Hicks, so would many of you if you met him socially, he's a good guy. He admitted to me when I met him at the Sheffield game, that he and his colleagues got things wrong, and they do not go out to right a wrong, but given the circumstances of today's fast moving game, they get most things right. The Video ref is almost certain to be Stuart Cummings so he is under scrutiny from the start. If we play as we can do, then the referee is superficial and we should be concentrating on supporting the team from start to finish.

Having said that I hope we don't hear any comments about the referee on Friday.