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 penalise you at a tackle: Allain Rolland
Most Likely to pick you up for Offside: Steve Walsh
Most Likely to penalise the scrum: Wayne Barnes & Bryce Lawrence
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Real life scenario from two weeks ago
We are in the last ten minutes of a tense game Red are winning by three points.
Red have previously made a number of interchanges already, including front row, but we are still contested .
Blue are mounting a sustained attack in Reds 22
I YC a Red...
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BUt I suggest you go away and read up on the SA v NZ series circa 1998 or so (? not sure of the year).
basically both sides had an alarming number of injuries as the second halves of each test went on, and the team doctors (IRB doctor?) Okd them all as injuroies ... ...
Taken from a Society Facebook discussion:
In the early part of the game Red see better in the scrums and start to dominate. Red interchange both props and then Blue come back into the scrum and push Red back a few yards and win a turnover. A couple of mins later Blue are awarded a PK on the...
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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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