Castleford Tigers receive apology over 'clear error' in Wigan Warriors defeat

Wigan scrum-half Harry Smith appeared to pull back Josh Simm as the Castleford winger chased his own kick but the video official deemed there was no reason to award the Tigers a penalty, commenting on the audio “there's nothing in that”.

McGuire was scathing of the match officials in his post-match press conference, saying "everyone in the whole ground can see it's a penalty".

RFL head of match officials Phil Bentham has since contacted Castleford to apologise for the decision, which he admitted was the wrong call.

"It's important that the sport knows we do accept accountability when there's been a clear error," said Bentham.

"We will continue to work, week in, week out, in detail to avoid these errors in decision-making."

Castleford were leading at the time of the incident but the Warriors scored moments later through Zach Eckersley.

Although the Tigers rallied to go back in front, Wigan levelled with a penalty in the dying minutes and won the game thanks to Liam Farrell's try.

McGuire expressed his pride after watching his team push the defending champions all the way but could not hide his frustration at the officiating.

"I am going to whinge about the referees because we never get anything," he said. "Sometimes you get the home advantage but we don’t get anything.

“Some of the decisions tonight were pathetic. Standard of officiating and some of the stuff – it's getting worse.

"Bring back some older guys like (Richard) Silverwood, (Steve) Ganson and (Russell) Smith, people like that. At least they had guts about them – they didn’t get everything right but they had guts.

"They (Super League) can fine me and I'll pay them back a pound a week. It's just not good enough, consistently not good enough.”