CrouchTPEngage
Referees in England
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Lots on the social-media already but I came here to figure out what experienced refs thought about that incident.
(trying to search for a link to video but cannot find for now will edit and repost when found)
Northampton line break, Quins sprinting backwards, there is a tackle. Care running back, pushes a supporting Saints player in the back. Care then comes from his own side at the tackle area but appears to dive over the tackled player and onto ball ( debatable here if Mitchell had actually lifted the ball first then Care could tackle him).
The poor optics came from Mr Dickson who blew a hard whistle (indicating a penalty offence), right hand moved to his right hip pocket ( presumably for a yellow-card).
He then seemed to change his mind and issue only a PK for the push. The expected yellow card did not emerge from his pocket. The unfortunate optics came from the fact the Care had already has 1 yellow in the first half so another yellow meant he'd be off.
Lots of debate on the wisdom of assigning Mr Dickson to this game ( he used to play 9 for Quins). Did he get put into a terrible position in that any controversial decision would automatically trigger questions on his partiality ?
(trying to search for a link to video but cannot find for now will edit and repost when found)
Northampton line break, Quins sprinting backwards, there is a tackle. Care running back, pushes a supporting Saints player in the back. Care then comes from his own side at the tackle area but appears to dive over the tackled player and onto ball ( debatable here if Mitchell had actually lifted the ball first then Care could tackle him).
The poor optics came from Mr Dickson who blew a hard whistle (indicating a penalty offence), right hand moved to his right hip pocket ( presumably for a yellow-card).
He then seemed to change his mind and issue only a PK for the push. The expected yellow card did not emerge from his pocket. The unfortunate optics came from the fact the Care had already has 1 yellow in the first half so another yellow meant he'd be off.
Lots of debate on the wisdom of assigning Mr Dickson to this game ( he used to play 9 for Quins). Did he get put into a terrible position in that any controversial decision would automatically trigger questions on his partiality ?