The ball is knocked on by Clermont. Scrum Saints

you can’t play the 9 you idiot ref

Ben W is inexperienced and has a tendency towards the Homer, but with 15 games in the Champions cup this weekend, where exactly are the ERC to find the inexhaustible supply of experienced and infallible refs some of you obviously believe are out there?
Hartley got himself a deserved yellow for a reckless arm to the head; if he'd been looking anywhere other than the standing man it would have been a deserved red.
Looking at the replay of Parra's knock, I don't see how he could have stood by his initial diagnosis.
Give the bloke a break; that half would have exposed even the most experienced ref. And I'd say that Saints can't offload much of the blame.

Parra kicks off and play resumes once more

Clermont with an electric start to the second half, Cassang catches a Morgan Parra kick and finds himself in space, he shows an impressive set of wheels to dot the ball down

Parra hoists a kick for Cassang to chase

Mallinder kicks off and the second half is underway

Cheerio Dylan! 😂

Lots of love for the ref here

I have seen Ben Whitehouse before when he was younger, felt he needed to mature some more. Have seen some good bits of him this afternoon but the end of the half was atrocious. Needs to regain control in second half.