McGuire unhappy with 'pathetic' refereeing in loss

Castleford Tigers head coach Danny McGuire believes his side were on the wrong end of "pathetic" and "horrific" refereeing decisions in Saturday's Super League defeat by Wigan.

The former England and Great Britain international was upset about calls which went against his team in a narrow 26-20 home loss to the Warriors.

McGuire, 42, was annoyed by an unpunished challenge on Alex Mellor which left the Tigers skipper needing strapping to his knee.

To add to his ire, Cas had a 63rd-minute try ruled out for a knock forward when leading 16-12, and moments later, a Tigers turnover of possession on halfway was overturned by a successful captain's challenge.

"Some of the decisions tonight were pathetic," McGuire told BBC Radio Leeds.

"The standard of officiating and some of the stuff that's going on, it's getting worse.

"Bring back some of the older guys, like (Richard) Silverwood, (Steve) Ganson and (Russell) Smith and people like that. At least they had some guts about them."

He added: "Some of the calls were horrific and it's been consistent for us this year. We don't get the calls.

"Sometimes that's because you're not a dominant team, so we do get some tough calls."

The eight-time Super League winner said he was "not bothered" by the potential of disciplinary action over his post-match comments.

"I don't care if they fine me, I'll pay them back a pound a week, but it's just not good enough and it's consistently not good enough," he said.

"You ask questions and they just fob you off with pointless answers, so it's a waste of time investing any energy in asking questions about calls because they just fob you off."