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D2 regional already on the pathway? I don't think that's a universal - and I speak from experience. Depending on what else is going on the region, a referee can simply be the safest pair of hands around. I'm loathe to bag the guy based solely on the video clip I watched - the bit at the end. I...

A point that Stephen Jones made more recently - in about 2000! Midnight Rugby was the bookm Ithink.

We play in the summer. In Alice Springs. We got rained on once this season.

I couldn't see the offence, so have to trust that the ref was sighted. I wonder how the debrief went,

I only referee on very firm ground, so I use Brooks Trail Runners- snug. Back in the US it was Asics Gel - my preferred was their old Lacrosse boot.

I probably need longer at HT than the teams. We have unlimited interchanges because heat, and I need a sit down, a drink and a chancce to cool down in the aircon.

I shall be at home, feet up, large drinks, watching the games on the telly.

On your description, Blue 12 is legal and the ref got it right. No maul in-goal. 16.16.c

"You - last man in" or "You - first man in"

Are you on exchange to Mercury?

In days of yore, the guidance was "penalize someone - do NOT let the players immediately get back to a phase where they can hit each other"

Up until the punch, it was going to be: PK against Red 14, plus a card. Reverse for Blue coming in. Reverse again for Red 3. Third man in is always at risk.

You have done well Padawan.

This is good. In Alice, we're on radios the whole time. Middle man is vox - broadcasting all the time. AR's are on buttons - but the buttons are big things, so not at all fiddly. We use Ref Audio Pro, and they are excellent.

You should take up refereeing Didds! Exactly the answer I'd give.

You're looking at individual culpability. I look at team. If the offence kills the competition for the ball, there's my decision. In my head - if the reason for the offence is going to ground is that defence couldn;t bear the ruck, then play on. If they went off feet on their own and kill it, PK

Minimum number of games as a qualifying threshold. Take the total number of games, and then divide by the average number of teams for that club across the season. So, you get the total score, and then divide by the number of opportunities that the club had to 'score'.

There's a ready-made gag about rugby dying a slow death in Alice. We believe that the new ground will be down near there. But the goalposts on this keep shifting, so I wouildn't hold your breath on that. I wouldn't hold my breath on there being a next season.

As mentioned previously, it's Grand Final time. Kick off at 6. No, 630. Hang on, we'll get back to you. It's the last ever game at Anzac Oval before it gets torn down. I'm sure we'll have the kind of match for the occasion....

One laugh from tonight. Decent game, well handled by the man in the middle (not me) including a general warning for high tackles. We've all gathered for a meat pie - free for the officials - and a can of something of cold(sih). General chit chat, inclduing the skipper who got the general...