Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Catalans Dragons are being treated unfairly by referees, claims coach Kevin Walters

Bystaff and agencies Published: 7:39PM GMT twenty-five February 2010

Catalans Dragons are being treated with colour tainted by referees, claims manager Kevin Walters Sent off: behaving captain Olivier Elima (being tackled) was the ultimate player to hole Catalans Dragons" disciplinary jot down Photo: Matthew Childs/Action Images

The French bar have had dual players sent off, a third sent to the sin-bin and an additional cited and criminialized for tainted play, that has left them bottom of the satisfactory fool around joining as well as the Engage Super League table.

Acting captain Olivier Elima was the ultimate Dragons player to be sent off and he will miss Friday"s strife with leaders Wigan at the DW Stadium after being handed a one-match for a high plunge in to on St Helens winger Jonny Lomax in last Saturday"s 42-12 home defeat.

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The cessation has hurt Walters, who has set up a unchanging discourse with Rugby Football League referees arch Stuart Cummings over the purported astray diagnosis of his players.

"I wasn"t happy with the outcome," he said. "I"ve seen a lot worse than that this season.

"Olivier was usually you do what each footballer does, perplexing to stop the alternative fella from scoring a try. If you stop a player personification with charge inside of the manners afterwards his career is over as a rugby joining player.

"That"s dual reds cards we"ve had. We are regularly carrying a great see at ourselves and how we can do things improved but there appear to be opposite manners for opposite teams."

With new captain Thomas Bosc nonetheless to fool around this year given of an ankle injury, Australian event Adam Mogg becomes the club"s third-choice captain as the Catalans see to mangle their duck.

Wakefield proceed hold up but Terry Newton when they go to St Helens anticipating to magnify their 100 per cent jot down so far this deteriorate and repeat last year"s warn win at Knowsley Road.

Wildcats manager John Kear admits he was repelled by Newton"s admission that he took human expansion hormone but says the part is put in to viewpoint by the genocide of Wildcats players Adam Watene and Leon Walker.

"The players are really resilient," he said. "We"ve dealt with a lot worse than that in this past eighteen months. It was a shock given nobody had any idea."

Speaking for the initial time given Newton was sacked and handed a two-year anathema by UK Anti-Doping, Kear voiced his certainty in the RFL"s drug-testing policy.

"I think the actuality they can acknowledge human expansion hormone from an outmost source is a big step forward," he said.

Meanwhile, Newton"s long-term adversary, Keiron Cunningham, earnings to the St Helens group from merciful leave to have the 500th entrance of his renowned career.

Hull will be but captain Sean Long and full-back Jordan Tansey as they target to rebound behind from their shock improved at Crusaders when they take on Harlequins at the KC Stadium.

Long has unsuccessful to redeem from a leg damage that forced him to miss the diversion at Wrexham whilst Tansey has been forsaken for vague disciplinary reasons.

Bradford manager Steve McNamara is job on his players to behind up their initial win of the deteriorate when they go to Salford, one of usually dual teams nonetheless to collect up a point so far.

The Bulls were considerable in their 41-22 feat over Castleford but they have lost on each of their past 3 trips to The Willows, their last win there entrance in their 2005 Grand Final-winning season.

"We don"t wish to be well known as a side that wins one and afterwards loses one," pronounced McNamara.

"We wish to be a side that can fool around consistently well and get unchanging results.

"Salford are regularly really workmanlike and consummate in what they do and the last integrate of years we have been there have been really formidable for us."

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