SOTV BEST PLAYERS:
Mark Riddell (3pts) The best sub in the comp
Craig Smith (2pts) Always tackling, always taking the ball up. Often targetted
Darren Treacy (1pt) Backed up all day and made a couple of fine breaks

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REF REPORT:
Tim Mander has a reputation for being the home town hero. But our opinion is that he just a plain lazy referee.
In the 5th minute he ruled 6 again against Andrew Hart when the ball was kicked into him from a few metres away. There was no way that Hart had played at this ball. A minute later, Mander evened the ledger by turning a blind eye to Amos Roberts who caught the ball in an offside position.
In the 8th minute, Saints knock on but the ref can't tell for sure so he lets it go.
A worrying incident happened in the 21st minute when Willie Peters was knocked out and remained face down & motionless for some minutes while play continued. The Cowboys had the ball well inside their own half and play was stalled. However, the ref allowed play to to continue when it should have been stopped. Trainers assisted a groggy Peters to his feet and he was OK. So much so that he scored a try moments later but at the time it looked bad and in light of the Nathan Brown incident, one would think that referees should be more sensitive to the players' safety. Lazy and almost dangerous stuff.
Saints scored again in the 25th minute but Mander calls for the vid ref after the ball is knocked back. This is strange because he is right on the spot and has a close up view of the incident, much better than the vid ref. It was a try but what happened to Mander? It's as if he nodded off.
Another forward pass in the 26th minute is missed by Mander, this time it was Saints but throughout the match, he misses a total of 4 forward passes, 2 from each team.
34th minute and Hetherington is penalised for coming in late on a tackled player. Saints get the penalty but we couldn't see anything in this to suggest that the tackle was any later than normal.
In the 49th minute, Cowboys get their first penalty. Saints have 4.
In the 58th minute, the ref misses another knock on, this time his error favours NQ. A minute later, NQ strip the ball in a tackle and get away with it. NQ are getting frustrated and Mander is allowing the NQ players to go on with it in tackles. The ref turns a blind eye.
The ref is spot on in the 64th minute when Jamie Ainscough, who argued with the ref for most of the match, accidentally throws the ball forward and it rebounds off a NQ player, giving the impression that NQ knocked on. Saints are pulled back from scoring a try and the crowd boos but the ref is right.
In the 69th minute, Saints captain, Craig Smith is knocked out by a rising elbow from Nick Paterson. For the 2nd time in a match, Tim Mander allows play to continue for some minutes while a player lays motionless on the ground. This is poor stuff from the ref and the touch judges who have a duty and an obligation to ensure all the player's safety in any match they control.
Considering this, we have to give the big thumbs down to Tim Mander and his side kicks.
Overall Rating: 2 out of 10

Jason Hooper	Riddell politely directs patrons to the conveniences
Mark Riddell juggles the ball	Mark Riddell makes more easy yards
Darren Treacy breaks through	Willie Peters on his way to score
C. Smith is free and sets up Hookey (rear) who scores.	Jason Hooper scores after a 50m sprint
The blur is Jamie Fitzgerald charging in on Nathan Fien. Fitzgerald zeroed in on Fien who didn't see it coming.	Fien goes down like a lead balloon. Justin Smith sees the ball dislodged.

Amos Roberts	Dragons fullback returning the ball with interest
Craig Smith cops this elbow from Nick Paterson	Craig Smith is down for the count but recovers to celebrate a great win