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I agree with Simon up to the point of separating the two games. Id take a much simpler approach and ask the elite refs to simply implement the laws that are there. The professional scrums are a joke, the ball is now thrown into the 2nd row with the hooker effectively faking the actual hook...

Can anyone recommend a reasonably priced ref comms kit ?

The inability to take a scrum off a FK will definitely cause problems. 5m scrum attacking team are very dominant and are expecting a pushover try, defending team simply engage early and give away the FK. I know that we can give a pen for a deliberate infringement but that's opening another can...

Happy with the call. Foot was clearly on/inside the line, Id deem the line question to be the same as any other line. If you're touching it then youre inside, same as 22.

I don't see a PT there, plenty of penalties but no PT. If there are repeat offences then you start YCs, you cant give a PT for repeat offenses.

I don't buy the quins bias but putting Dickson into a game like that unnecessarily is simple putting Dickson into an awkward situation that he cant win from. As for the incident in question, Care pushes a supporting player out of the way and as a result it means that the saints player cant...

I remember the scenario that the OP is talking about, Luke calls use it, Bath counter ruck. For me the ball is available and Saracens have ample opportunity to use use it, they delay and Bath counter ruck disrupting the ruck area. Id happily give a turnover scrum, I was surprised given Luke's...

So with the recent problems in the Quins Bath game, I was just wondering how are the 4th and 5th officials picked in England ? In Ireland in the URC the 4th would usually but not always be a local (from the province that the game is played in) member of the national panel of refs the 5th would...

But the game is all about slim margins CR, a winger goes for an intercept, misses by an inch and instead of scoring himself its a run in for his opposite number and a 14 point difference.

I agree with you there, they weren't that different, but they were different, 6 inches lower and Kolisi has a perfectly legal tackle, 6 inches higher and its direct to the head and a red card. Its only 6 inches either way.

Im happy with the word lottery, because once you go high you leave yourself open to conditions outside of your control. Crossref, the game wont be decided by a lottery but by a player who takes a chance on his tackle choice, this is what it all comes down to, player choice/decision all of which...

Always is in a lottery Crossref, you either win or you lose.

Yup its all about slim margins, Kolisi goes 3-6 inches higher and its a red card. Yes its a bit of a lottery, change of direction, sudden drop, direct, indirect, bent, not bent, wrap, no wrap. If you go high you buy a ticket into the what card will I get lottery and yes its all about the slim...

What I would love to see at elite level scrum time is for the refs to implement the laws that are there. Atm there are way too many resets that if we at the amateur level allowed we would be moved down a level. Apply the laws, if they cant scrummage legally then PC,YC RC if wont be long until...

So Wayne Barnes at last gets a much deserved RWC final, Still at the top of his game. At the start I thought that Luke Pearse might run him close and Im at a loss as to why he didnt get any games after the group stage. Was he injured ?

I have a problem with my hips that means I cant do much running for training. I've been told to keep my running to match days only. I've recently bought a turbo trainer for my bike and signed up to Zwift, what kind of training on the bike would be best to keep me fit for reffing ?

As an Irishman watching through my green tinged glasses I was astounded when Porter didn't get a RC. For me its exactly the type of tackle that we want out of the game. Porter tackles Retallick, He makes no attempt to go low and is always in an upright position. He makes direct contact with...

In the match in question it didn't prevent the QTI, they took the QTI and then he blew the whistle.

Red have a ruck on their 5m line. The ball is passed back to red 10 who is deep in goal and he kicks for touch and finds it. Blue take a QTI and red12 who was ahead of the kicker and has advanced is in a position to make a tackle. Is red 12 offside ? or has the ball going dead negated the fact...

For me Barnes got it bang on. Player disputes decision, Ref tells him to stop , player escalates his disputing , Ref has to take action otherwise he loses control. Ref issues YC. Its not the Refs fault that the player is already on a YC.