The recent furore over the Sam Cane v Robbie Henshaw collision in the second test between Ireland and New Zealand got me to thinking about the merits of using slow motion video to make judgements about potential foul play incidents in rugby. I think we have all heard the meme that sometimes, looking
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JP (John Paul) Doyle is a referee that all English rugby fans will know. Having risen up the ranks quickly in the RFU, JP became a full time referee in 2008 as part of the RFU's elite referee trainee program,
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With just a handful of tier one Internationals to his name, Pascal Gaüzère is one of the most inexperienced test referees in the RWC team. One of three French referees
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Argentina v wales .
10 mins into game blue 15 attempts to catch a kick outside red try line .
He fumbles catch & knocks ball on .
The ball lands in red in goal & red 15 touches ball down & makes it dead .
Red team ask ref ( jaco ) if they can have a 22 kick out .
Ref says no ,,its your scrum...
I have been thinking long and hard about this problem for some time now. I think I have the basis for a solution that keeps the discipline, keeps the sanctions for the really serious offenders, but allows the referees more latitude in dealing with infringers fairly. I know this is never likely...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/44411185
Both players sign for french clubs, co-incidence? or are the french merely more forgiving about such matters?
In contrast many in the UK applauded the IRFU decision for it's tough 'game values' stance
who's right?
. . . that the USA defeated Scotland on Saturday night?
Mentioned here as Pat Clifton, US writer, commented on the refereeing:
Wayne Barnes
This win would not have been possible without a seasoned, experienced, composed referee like Wayne Barnes. There are few more recognizable sirs in the...
Are refs responsible for bad decisions made.e.g try awarded to NZ when it was clearly a double movement affects the overall score and issuing yellow and red cards erroneously affects the whole game .Are refs penalized for such bad decisions.Do the assessors seriously consider a refs performance?
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Thread Starter: ChristyArgentina v wales . 10 mins into game blue 15 attempts to catch a kick outside red try line . He fumbles catch & knocks ball on . The ball lands in red in goal & red 15 touches ball down & makes it dead . Red team ask ref ( jaco ) if they can have a 22 kick out . Ref says no ,,its your scrum...
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