Whenever u see english it super league refs in international games they always look under pressure against oz and NZ, more specifically oz

They pick up more on every tiny little 50/50 thing for the opposition yet oz or NZ get away wth the same things

Noticing it now in the France / NZ game.

Silverwood shafting franc tonight.

Its Bentham.

Also year before last I think it was at wembley.
Oz vs England
Ref was a disgrace with the decisions

Seems the game is not taken as seriously over here and refs take more care in not making mistakes against the favoured teams.

English referees try to stay impartial but the more they try, the more they tend to lean towards the Oceanic sides. Russell Smith was a good example of that.

Whereas the Oceanic referees don't really care about showing their bias towards the Oceanic sides. Tony Archer was a good example of that. And more recently Henry Perenara.

bentham is a disgrace.

he's an englishman, at least give the 50/50's frances way, better for us if france win.

the kiwi pr*ck certainly did that for australia last week, better for them if australia win.

our refs have the backbone of a jelly bean.

It's a source of bemusement how openly biased the oceanic refs are against the ''poms''. Anyone remember the raynor no try at the cake tin in the 2006 tri nations?

It's obscene.

One thing that is guaranteed is a completley nothing penalty in the first 5 minutes to aus/nz which gifts them an early attack on the line.

I don't know if anyone has ever noticed that before. It happened again at cardiff, in the first 5 minutes england were penalised at the ruck in midfield, for nothing. There was no high tackle, no real lying on.....there was just nothing of anything.

I can guarantee, 100% in the semi at wembley nz will get a penalty in the first 5 minutes and when you see the replay nothing will have happened.

Bentham has had a shocking game! He is giving New Zealand everything!

It's the Phil Betham show tonight. Ruined a perfectly good game by giving everything to the kiwis. Disgrace.

good, so its not just me then

British refs fear any backlash from Aussies and will always give 50/50's to aus or nz

So let's get this straight.

English refs are bias against England because they're trying not to be.
And Australian/NZ refs are bias against England full stop.

Well, that's a nice neat excuse for every England loss ever.