Great game to watch but - and I don't usually say this - the ref killed Les Cats and the match as a contest. He was dire.
He'd already given several poor decisions against Cats when Fellous got his head taken off by that waste of space Fozzard, for which Klein gave a knock against Fellous before the touch judge intervened. Unbelievable decision from Klein as Fellous is lying on the turf with a bloody nose after Fozzard had leapt in the air and collected him with a right hook.
But the worst decision of all ended the match as a contest. I felt sorry for the crowd who were well in the game, even at the end, and would have been going berserk if Klein hadn't made such a bad call. With the score at 20-8 Rudder clearly scored a try which Klein ruled out for a double movement even though Rudder clearly, clearly still had forward momentum going and merely reached over with his arm. I could not believe it.
Deflated, Les Cats then proceeded to allow Saints, as so often happens in RL, to fly down the other end and score. So instead of being one score behind they were now three behind and the rest of the match was merely a process of playing out time.
As for Les Cats players, Berthezene, Fellous, Guisset, Fakir were all superb, putting their more illustrious Aussie colleagues firmly in the shade. Seb Martins seems to have shed some weight too and looked good for it.
Honestly, I don't get Dobson. I've said it before, but he just doesn't do enough. Yeah, he puts his hand up and gets involved but he hardly creates and his kicking game is woeful. Only one tactical kick was any good all night, a long range one.
