CASTLEFORD coach Terry Matterson could find himself in hot water as he begins the Tigers’ countdown to Sunday’s Carnegie Challenge Cup quarter-final clash against the Giants at the Galpharm.
The Australia hit out at the performance of referee Gareth Hewer after his side suffered a hard-fought 16-6 defeat at Hull KR on Friday night.
Two tries from outstanding Rovers full-back Shaun Briscoe proved the difference but the game might have been closer had the Tigers not been denied a penalty try.
The Tigers were also on the wrong end of a 13-7 penalty count and Matterson felt his side had been hard done by, and is now expected to come under investigation from Rugby League disciplinary chiefs.
Referring to an occasion earlier in the season when Rovers coach Justin Morgan was fined for criticising an official after they had been beaten by the Giants, Matterson said: “Justin had a few words to say a few weeks ago and it seems like it has worked.
“At 10-6, we were on the front foot and back in the game. There was a high kick and they got in our way, no penalty.
“Last week, again, we got tackled in the air, no penalty. Two tackles later they get a penalty and go the other end of the field and score. I don’t know if they know the rules. It is the third week in a row we have been absolutely jammed.”
Rovers led only 4-0 at half-time courtesy of a Peter Fox try but Kirk Dixon might have replied had Hewer agreed he had been impeded in-goal just before the break.
Mitchell Sargent did pull one back for the Tigers but Briscoe efforts early and late in the second half settled the game.
Matterson added: “I couldn’t ask for any more from the boys, they were fantastic.
“We have been for the last three losses as well. We just have to keep going like that, keep defending like that and we will get the results.Other circumstances are costing us big time, and that is taking nothing away from what was a really tough game and they (Hull KR) are a good side.
“We’d like the rub of the green.”
