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The chief of referees Phil Bentham said that a “clear error” had been made during the 26-20 victory by Wigan Warriors against Castleford Tigers in the Jungle of Mend-A-Hose in the Betfred Super League on Saturday.
The Warriors successfully won a captain’s challenge after invading an apparent hand; However, the reruns have shown that half of Wigan’s scrum, Harry Smith, seemed to bring Josh Simm back, but it was considered that there had been no sufficient contact to give Castleford a penalty.
He was deemed legal by the video referee Aaron Moore, and Zach Eckersley of Wigan then marked an important test before winning the match thanks to a late test by Liam Farrell.
“It is important that sport knows that we accept responsibility when there has been a clear error,” said Bentham.
“We will continue to work, week after week, in detail to avoid these decision -making errors.”
Castleford coach Danny McGuire was furious after the controversial call and at the time said: “Everyone in the whole ground can see that it is a penalty. I look at something different if it is not the case.
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Professional facts of the confrontation of the Super League between Castleford Tigers and Wigan Warriors.
“Certain decisions tonight were pathetic. Standard of officer and some of the things – that gets worse.
“Bring older guys like (Richard) Silverwood, (Steve) Ganson and (Russell) Smith, people like that. At least they had guts about them – they didn’t do everything but they had guts.
“They (Super League) can tell me and I will reimburse them a book per week. It’s just not good enough, still not good enough.”
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