Well the ratings have been made and the table makes quite interesting reading.
Paddy O'Brien and the rest of the iRB Referee team must be very pleased with themselves, although our tables ranks the referees, all have performed very well, and while someone has to come bottom, it's
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NELSON, 1 Oct. - Rugby referees are more accustomed to receiving criticism than support so World Cup referee George Clancy was taken aback when a small school in Motueka sent him a postcard
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I today had the honour of meeting Paddy O'Brien, the IRB Referee Manager and talk to him a little bit about the world cup, referees and life in general.
I'm sure Paddy was cautious as he doesn't know me
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A lot of talk has been going on about the format of the Rugby World Cup, and the disadvantages it's format and structure has to both tier one and tier two nations.
1) New Zealand Rugby has this week stated about how much revenue they lose in a RWC year, and because
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Most Likely to pick you up for Offside: Steve Walsh
Most Likely to penalise the scrum: Wayne Barnes & Bryce Lawrence
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Scotland’s second try came from an innovative move. Number 7 is in the receiver position, and when the LO is thrown moves into the LO to catch the ball and run through to score. I’ve been nosing around the laws and can’t see where this is permitted. There are references to having a receiver ,and...
Couple of quotes from my match today, would you consider these acceptable frustration from losing teams or tipping into RC territory for implying or saying you are biased?
1. (Following a try after defender tackled a break near the goal line and supporting players scored - I was not over the...
Schools u18 game.
Boy does a "squeeze ball" :nono: PK!
But sir, i was on my knees, so it's OK :chin:
New one on me, one for the RR.com myths page :wink:
Oh yes and again the (uncontested scrums fav), "sir the no.8 isn't allowed to pick up"!
Ok this time without the silly accusations of bias so we can discuss a couple of things.
I thought Mr Barnes was lenient towards the AllBlacks in the first half, his warning could have come earlier in my humble one and the 2 incidents previously mentioned -
high tackle on Stander and cynical...
I've had several incidents recently when if the ball is turned over in the scrum (i.e. won by the non putting in team) the now defending team immediately rush up beyond the 5m offside line prior to the ball emerging from the scrum. TO me they are all offside as the ball has not exited the scrum...
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NELSON, 1 Oct. - Rugby referees are more accustomed to receiving criticism than support so World Cup referee George Clancy was taken aback when a small school in Motueka sent him a postcard
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Scotland vs SA - LO try
Thread Starter: Zebra1922Scotland’s second try came from an innovative move. Number 7 is in the receiver position, and when the LO is thrown moves into the LO to catch the ball and run through to score. I’ve been nosing around the laws and can’t see where this is permitted. There are references to having a receiver ,and...
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