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I agree with all that treadmore The sanction for bad sportsmanship and similar is a PK . A referee doesn't have the power to compel a player to make...

From the law book: It is through discipline, control and mutual respect that the spirit of the game flourishes and, in the context of a game as...

I agree with core values But I think referee should confine themselves to the sanctions in the law book .. ie warning , PK , YC , RC

Core Values include Respect, about which NO feels strongly: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/creeping-lack-respect-rugby-call-15297331

They were acting like children, and they knew it - judge the situation in front of you on it’s merits, there are times it’ll work and times it won’t,...

I think that telling players to shake hands, or telling players to apologise is treating them as children. You may get away with it, but they won't...

*shrug* then he risks being in the refs bad books the rest of the game. I gave two players a lecture, told them to stop dicking about off the ball...

Normally manage it means telling them don't do it again. Then - if they do it again - you PK them In this case he ordered Zebo to make an...

Is it beyond the refs power? If players are acting in any way that’s liable to create a negative reaction or future flash point in the game and you...

I don't like this, it seems to me it's beyond the referee's power. Zebo was taken by surprise, the next player might refuse to apologise, what...

Another quiet word from Nigel Owens, this time to Simon Zebo.