Chris Kendall set to reunite with Super League star after controversial incident

This week we will see some huge Super League games as Leeds Rhinos and Warrington Wolves collide, Wigan Warriors host play-off hopefuls Hull FC and Challenge Cup winners Leigh Leopards host league leaders Catalans Dragons but the game of the week is Wakefield Trinity vs Castleford Tigers.

The two are level on points at the bottom of the league and this could be a do or die clash where relegation is concerned.

It is very similar to their 2006 clash which saw Castleford relegated on the final day of the season.

Both clubs will have debutants in the shape of Blake Austin at Castleford and at Wakefield Josh Griffin who turned down the Tigers to sign for Wakefield.

He has yet to play for the club as he has been serving a mammoth ban since he was sent off playing for Hull FC in the Challenge Cup for something he said to Chris Kendall.

As fate would have it, Kendall is in charge of this game after taking charge of the Challenge Cup Final last week.

This comes as Paul Cooke called on players to stop berating officials especially after the treatment of Kendall at Wembley and also the incident with Griffin.

“I think it’s a really good idea for Rugby League to look at [yellow cards for berating referees] because I can’t stand it,” he said on BBC Radio Humberside.

“Mikel Arteta got a yellow card in the Community Shield for asking for a Man City player to be booked, and I think that’s creeping into our game too where players behind tackles are waving their arms at referees and I just think that you’re trying to, not con the referee into something, but trying to force him into a decision.

“I was quite happy that Kendall turned around and penalised Hull KR for that because if there’s one thing you do know about Chris Kendall, and we’ve had this conversation with the Josh Griffin stuff, you can’t speak to him and you can’t berate at him.

“The other thing with Asiata is he never received any punishment for the tackle technique he has which injured Alex Walmsley and Agnatius Paasi in the semi-final.

“So if he goes in with that technique and you run in, there’s nothing illegal in what he’s done because the game’s not punished him.

“I just think the emotion of that scenario where the players run in you’ve got to be able to separate that emotion and think about it logically if that I’d have spoken about that pregame because if Asiata does do that and you run in there’s nothing illegal in it so you can’t run in.

“For them to run in on the very first set of six that they have the football and and then the penalty gets turned around that to me is just mind-boggling because it’s not it’s not being punished in previous games.”