Thanks very much. I didn’t watch all the match but dipped in and out of a good chunk of it to get a flavour of it and to look at how the ref was doing during the game. I was wondering how to assess his performance against our level of referees in a similar level/type of game. I’m not really any the wiser!
Except to say that he wasn’t anywhere near the standard of referee that I normally observe and it looked to me that the team of three were not really used to acting as a team of three. It looked as if they were linked up because the ref looked as if he kept pushing his earpiece in, but I can’t understand if they were linked up why the ARs didn’t chip in at various incidents.
I worked this event last year, so can confirm that they were mic'd up. The referees picked for these games are either already on the National Panel, or are on that pathway.
If the center ref is who I think it is, I worked with him last year at this event, and he doesn't really respond to AR input.
From another local ref who was watching the game:
At around 60 minutes (1:1800 to 1:25:00, the defending side gave up three penalties and a YC within a 6-7 minute sequence that led to Indianapolis scoring. For the full "final drive" that led to the PT:
- a PK awarded at a LO near the attacking 22
- advantage played twice before a PK awarded
- three more penalties awarded within a 4-minute span before the PT
