last few weeks ive been rung by several clubs asking to ref ; is there now a shortage of senior refs on a saturday afternoon in S.E london ?
last weeks game i reffed we had issues with defending hookers "flashing " too early ; mainly due to ......."yes nine go ! command . Perhaps we go back to a steady scrum and attacking hooker tapping prop to tell scum half he is ready for the ball ? "yes nine go " is a command the ref needs not to say and stady scrum is the key ?
In terms of union refereeing I had a fairly light weekend, just an AR on Sunday (I also reffed League on Saturday). I came into the game carrying an injury that I picked up on Saturday. I managed to kick my self and bruised the muscle that lifts the foot according to the physio. It hurt, and I called up reappointments and they couldn't find anyone so I pushed through it. The game was good Ealing U23 vs Royal Navy U23. Had a good time, final score 26-17, but Ealing scored on the death ...
On Sunday I had a tournament-Esher Presidents Cup. Good tourney with a lot of the top London schools (Hampton, John Fisher, Abingdon, whitgift, Brighton, and Henley). I did three games, my first game-Hampton vs Abingdon, my second was Henley vs whitgift, and my third was the final being John Fisher vs whitgift. In the first game I felt had two issues, the scrum and lineout. The scrum was more a dominant side vs a small side so wasn't really me, we reset a few scrums due to 45, ...
I'm writing this on the tube on the way to my match. Yesterday's match was a game of two halves. I had Barnes 2s vs Ampthill 2s in a level 8 friendly. Final score 47-17. The half time score was 0-17, like I said two halves. The first half saw a higher pk count against Barnes, but nothing out of the ordinary, whereas the second half was much more even. The game had a decent flow and was recorded so will try to post a link at some point. From a coach and captains point of view ...
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