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This weekend I will be at a Buckingham Palace Garden Party by invitation from The King. Huzzah.

How very Australian :ROFLMAO:

I imagine It's a law written for TV, to try and increase ball in play time.

They get one free kick for engaging or pushing early, after that I go straight to penalties.

To be honest all the reasonably priced ones are pretty crap and have various problems. You get what you pay for. We use Axiwi which are nt cheap. but also arent mega expensive. They work well for us, but I know some people don't like them. The newest version is much better than the older ones.

Being offside is not itself an offence. It's the interfering with play that gets you pinged. If a player was lying on the floor, or maybe on one knee, I'm probably not (never say never) going to ping him....maybe. But a lot depends on the level of the game as well.

Lots of offsides by Red, I think I would have had a couple in the bin by the end. Lots of chances to end the game as well. Did I see a knock on by white and an accidental offside by white when the ball carrier ran into one of his own team in front of him. So much to talk about in that sequence...

I find with Asics I always have to buy a size bigger than normal.

No game for me this weekend, off to Twickenham to cheer the Navy on against the Army.

If we accept that the half had finished before the foul play occurred. Law 20.1 Infringement while the ball is dead. Location of penalty or free kick. - At the point where play would have restarted or, if that place is on the touchline or within 15 metres of it, the mark is on the 15-metre...

Maybe the ref decided the half was over when the maul went into touch (as time was up), but didn't get chance to blow for half time due to the scuffle. If the half is over the penalty is awarded where play would restart, which would be the second half kick off.

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The RFU have issued a statement. Cant find it at the moment though.

Is there a question in there or are you just having a go at the ref? Sounds like a dynamic situation, and which of us hasn't said something only for the situation to change seconds later? Use it is called when the ball is available to be played, if there is a counter ruck that might no longer be...

That sounds a lot different. Like anything in life, take what's useful, ignore what isn't. Working with AR's is a skill that has to be learnt. Being an AR is the same. You will quite often get an inexperienced AR who is trying to do the referees job, instead of supporting him/her.

I don't think they will appreciate being ignored, you are meant to be a team. Try and keep infield and let your ARs cover the touchline side of engagements. If you think you might have missed something, look up at them to see if they are giving (discreet) hand signals). At lineouts have a quick...

There's a joke in there, but it's too easy.

We have the new Axiwi's with the curly earpieces. They are much better than the boom mic versions. I have purchased these new style headsets for the one older set of Axiwi we have. We use them on open Mic and it works well. I am happy for all the input I can get, but tell them not to be upset...

I'm not quite sure which comment you are replying to here, but as as an Assistant Referee, if the referee spoke to me like this he's on his own. Don't be surprised if you get hung out to dry!

From your initial description I am going to penalise Red 14 for throwing the ball away, because that's what started it all. From your initial description what follows is a lot of pushing and cuddling, so that's just a warning and stick with the original offence. If however a punch is thrown by...