Castleford Tigers head coach Ryan Carr has refused to give his full opinion on some of the officiating decisions in his side’s defeat to Leigh Leopards, stating that he would just get fined.

Carr was left visibly frustrated after his side’s 24-18 loss to Leigh and in appeared prickly in the immediate post-match interview with Sky Sports, often spinning the questions onto the commentators and asking them for their verdict on some of the game’s controversial calls.

Among those calls were two disallowed tries for Jason Qareqare, the second of which came for a soft obstruction call, as well as a sin bin for Louis Senior that Carr was simply unable to explain.

Speaking post-match to BBC Radio Leeds, Carr was asked again about some of the officiating and he tried his best to hold his tongue.

“Nah, I won’t,” Carr responded when asked for his thoughts on the two disallowed tries.

“I get fined, man. I can’t keep getting fined. Like I said, if you want me to tell you the truth, I’ll tell you the truth but just when the cameras are off.”

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Carr perplexed by Senior sin bin

Another contentious moment that Carr was upset with but was happy to comment on was the sin bin for Louis Senior with the outside back making contact with the head of David Armstrong, though there was plenty of mitigation.

Armstrong was falling forwards and rapidly losing height, something that referee Liam Rush acknowledged when flashing the yellow, and Carr was left perplexed by what his player could have possibly done differently.

“I honestly can’t tell him what to do. I don’t know,” he admitted.

“He’s like six foot six and was dipping his knees down as low as he possibly could. It was like below this table height where it happened. I don’t know. I don’t understand that at all.

“I need to get some clarification on it, I suppose. But what is it? After the game, clarification, it’s gone, mate. The two points, it’s gone, unfortunately.”

As for the prospect of an apology from the officiating department in the coming days, Carr was clear: “I don’t really care, mate. I don’t really care. Like, what does that do? What does that do? I just… Yeah, I don’t care.”

Castleford Tigers boss expresses immense pride despite defeat

Despite his clear frustrations at the officiating, Carr was eager to offer praise for his side for their performance, particularly in response to the hammering at Magic Weekend.

“Like I said, I’m super proud that that’s how these boys, that’s how we should represent the club,” he said.

“That’s what they deserve. That’s what our fans deserve. That’s what our owners deserve. That’s what everyone deserves at our club and our town. That’s who we’re playing for.

“That’s got to be the same every week now. That’s the key for us, I suppose. That’s the learning from this year is we haven’t probably narrowed our consistency down with stuff like that.

“That’s what I’m really chasing is that type of consistency in performance.”