FRIDAY 2ND OCTOBER

engage Super League XIV Play Offs

Leeds Rhinos v Catalans Dragons 8pm (SKY)

Ref R Silverwood TJ C Sharrad TJ R Cowling VR P Bentham RR T Alibert RTJ W Turley MC G Kershaw



SATURDAY 3RD OCTOBER

engage Super League XIV Play Offs

St Helens v Wigan Warriors 5.30pm (SKY)

Ref S Ganson TJ T Martin TJ R Hicks VR I Smith RR B Thaler RTJ M Thomason MC D Campbell

Lets hope Wigan smash them all over the place.

It was going to be a fiery and entertaining clash anyway, but this is truly going to be the icing on the cake.

Best you can hope for, now the result becomes a foregone conclusion.

You reckon?

Leeds/Catalans v Saints final it is then

If he refs it anything like the way he did in the Saints-Hull Cup final then without a doubt.



Soon as that game started to get close the whole way it was being refereed changed completely.



He may not be doing it conciously, but when Ganson refs Saints he refs them like a fan rather than a match official IMO.

[url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/8016639.stmThe only time Ganson has refereed a Wigan v Stains game[/url

I knew I had an example but couldn't be bothered looking for it.

Pah! What evor! If anything he is harsh against St helens to cover himself against childish allegations like this one.



Ganson is the best referee in Super League. If he polices the play the ball Saints superior ability should see them home.



If not, Wigan's luck will enable them to scrape a win.



Either way you lot are enormous favourites for 3 in a row.

St Helens SL encounters with Ganson in charge:



20-Jun-08 ….. SL 13-18 ….. Leeds 12 ….. St Helens 26 ….. Steve Ganson

17-Aug-08 ….. SL 13-25 ….. Harlequins 16 ….. St Helens 32 ….. Steve Ganson

02-May-09 ….. SL 14-12 ….. St Helens (N) 18 ….. Wigan (N) 38 ….. Steve Ganson

22-May-09 ….. SL 14-14 ….. St Helens 22 ….. Harlequins 12 ….. Steve Ganson

16-Aug-09 ….. SL 14-24 ….. Hull KR 26 ….. St Helens 10 ….. Steve Ganson



All those are regular round fixtures as this is a first for St Helens with Ganson in the SL Play Offs.









And that isn't an issue for you or the RFL?



I'd have thought a referee being harsh against either team would be a big fail.

If he referees the game in a way that best suits Saints you should be ok then?



QED.