Really pleased I am not a Catalans fan tonight. I was looking forward to a good close match tonight and not concerned who won. However I found my enjoyment totally ruined by the incompetence of the officials. Silverwood mixes his incompetence with sheer arrogance.
Still the love shown to the Saints by the commentary team has been rewarded and can be repeated next week.

The officials were a disgrace tonight

Clearly in the big scheme of things, its not in the interest of Super League for The Cats to get to the Grand Final. Would never sell 10- 12000 tickets for the event and wouldn't look good to have empty seats at the showcase event. Good to have them in the competition but God forbid they should ever have the temerity to win anything.

I'd say that fatigue was more of a factor in Catalans losing than anything the officials did or didn't do

It was a joke, as well as a disgrace. How Silverwood let Cats first try go is beyond belief. He should resign now. And Richard Lewis. And that Dave Oxley, posh git.

I don't disagree. I'm not moaning about the result but the standard of officiating .IMO it marred the game and doubtful decisions (for both sides TT ) became the main talking point.

I don't agree at all that it became the main talking point, though it might have been with you, obviously I have no idea. Unfortunately it is symptomatic of the game, sport & society to concentrate on the negatives & avoid the real issues. If you want a critical appraisal of the game it was poor quality, a Saints team lacking 3 top players have developed a style that has got them to the GF but won few admirers & won't win them the final. Cats are showing the signs of a hard campaign, their most lethal & exciting player was knackered early on & they suffered other knocks. The officiating had no impact on the game & didn't alter my enjoyment one iota. What we should be discussing is the poor level of quality in the play-offs this year. Tonight's game is the only real stand out game. I fear the final will be turgid, it's the only way Saints will make it respectable.

To be fair, I thought les Cats got by far the worst of the decisions but I can't imagine there was any 'conspiracy'. Can you imagine that even the RFL would consider themselves capable of organising one? Unfortunate when you're badly done to in a play-off or cup-tie as it is terminal, and much as it's hard to take [tell us about it but it's just how things go sometimes.

I'd be interested to see how bad the officiating was perceived to be if we had different commentators

The penalty count ended 7-7 according to the Super League website. The Dragons ran out of juice after 3 massive weeks of tough rugby.

Am I the only person that thinks that Saints look very ordinary?! Wigan or Wire will win the league in my opinion.

I think you would need different people picking the video replays to change perceptions.

No, see my post. How the feck Leeds, with the quality of their squad, failed to make the final, or even the semis, is beyond belief. In fact it's a joke & a disgrace.