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Tim, was there a time that you pressed the wrong button on your watch?

It was the Hampshire Bowl final, and the field was about 50 yds from the clubhouse.
We were about ready to go and the referee announced he had to have a pee before kick off.

Fair enough.

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As an AR, I once lost the referee prior to kick off.

I ran line - at very late notice, borrowed kit etc - in a National Club 1/4 final.
Ref dropped his cards, and didn’t notice.
He had already issued his final warning to Red.
I ran on to collect...

Turned up at Winchester in No1s, for those were the days that shirt, tie, blazer and pressed trousers were expected.

plenty of time, so grab a cuppa and decide to unpack the kitbag. Run back to...

“Skip, I let that go because there was no defender. Next time, if there is one, that’s a penalty. Are we clear on how I’m handling that?”

Merry Christmas from Oz

I penalize it if there is a defender close enough to want the ball.
If not, I question the materiality.

Yup.

Much bemusement from player and half his team. Captain got it and one of the ARs. Second AR was confused.

Last week was the end of the first half of the season. Now on a mid summer break until the end of January.

I had to give my first PT in many a long while - grubber in to in-goal. Defender and...

I think he has been a terrifica ambassador for the game, and for refereeing.

One of the best? Maybe. I am waiting for Ian to come and repeat his concerns about positioning - for an Elite referee,...

Well, I think they have a better than 0 chance of winning something.

As to whether that changes anything in the modern game, that is a separate question. This is a case based on historic practice,...

I think teams kick because of the prevalence of scoring from breakdowns and turnovers - better to let the oppo have the ball and turn them over than have it happen to you.

Rucking should be...

I might be wrong, but around here, Top Enders are Darwin.
I’m slap bang in the middle.

Pretty green, and firm underfoot - trail runner conditions.

Im lucky in that NT has zero community cases, so reffing will be COVID-safe.

But: I haven’t reffed for a year. My only physical exercise recently has been walking and resistance bands. And it’s...

I would like that comment if there were a Like button

That never stopped anyone else in ver Tap

If prone to dying in less than great circumstances, can I suggest that if you get a call from David St Hubbins, Derek Smalls, or Nigel Tufnell asking you to sit in on drums for a while, you should...

No.

And thankfully i won't have to.

Hopefully, for the first time in over a year, I will be officiating in some kind of role next Saturday 28th.
In about 40 degree heat.

As I remember it, yes. I could stand to be corrected if I'm wrong, but they were talking a lot, and overtalking the ref's explanation. (I think we had the NZ feed, and one or two exceptions, the...

I suspect that the confusion from this neck of the woods is down to the TV commentators saying definitively that there had been a touch, and that AG was applying a (made up) law about the intent...

My wife and I moved to Texas and registered to vote here just ahead of our posting to Alice.

I only voted my Federal; given I won't be living here, I didn't feel right voting on local issues.

I...

Didn't Robbie post about it a while ago?

Can I suggest that you message the new bod directly?

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