ref's and their so called assistants : Mon Apr 18, 2011 7:28 am  

This year I have watched more rugby than usual, having paid for sky on my computer. for the last few years I thought that Halifax were hard done by always getting the poor officials. I now see that it is every official that is bad. Some more so than others. I once refereed football at an OK standard. Having reffereed at local level when I was promoted I was told to throw the book away and ref as I was told in this division. Is this the case in RL if so how is it so inconsistent. I also feel sorry for the Ref sometimes because they are not helped by the linesman who seem to want to give nothing, although their was one decision today that the linesman helped the ref with.

The main thing that the linesman (touch judge) should give is forward passes. something I now think are OK in this day and age and give teams a massive advantage if it is not pulled up. The game would be so much better if it was refereed more consistently. I think.

Re: ref's and their so called assistants : Mon Apr 18, 2011 7:52 am  

Thought the ref yesterday had a decent game. He could have been a bit keener on holding down but i think overall he did quite well.

Re: ref's and their so called assistants : Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:38 am  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

Thought the ref yesterday had a decent game. He could have been a bit keener on holding down but i think overall he did quite well.

I think the ref did okay, he was fairly anonymous, but his touch judges could have given him a bit more help. No sour grapes here (we were beaten by a better team all over the park) but I have never seen so many forward passes in a game, most un-noticed by the touchies, even the fans around me in the East stand got fed up of shouting "Forward" and just accepted that this particular rule wasnt going to be picked up today....

Re: ref's and their so called assistants : Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:26 am  

spanishbob wrote:

I think the ref did okay, he was fairly anonymous, but his touch judges could have given him a bit more help. No sour grapes here (we were beaten by a better team all over the park) but I have never seen so many forward passes in a game, most un-noticed by the touchies, even the fans around me in the East stand got fed up of shouting "Forward" and just accepted that this particular rule wasnt going to be picked up today....

Yes bob, i commented myself that the fwd pass rule was not in play yesterday, at least he was consistant in not giving them for etither side

Re: ref's and their so called assistants : Mon Apr 18, 2011 10:02 am  

Jonnie.. wrote:

Yes bob, i commented myself that the fwd pass rule was not in play yesterday, at least he was consistant in not giving them for etither side

I thought I heard someone comment on it

Re: ref's and their so called assistants : Mon Apr 18, 2011 11:09 am  

The ref yesterday liked his whistle, but he was fair. And! he was usuing his linesmen much more than any other ref i've seen which was nice to see.

Re: ref's and their so called assistants : Mon Apr 18, 2011 11:30 am  

Decent match commissioner on duty yesterday too from what I hear...........

Re: ref's and their so called assistants : Mon Apr 18, 2011 1:15 pm  

marillion man wrote:

Decent match commissioner on duty yesterday too from what I hear...........

wonder who that was????

Re: ref's and their so called assistants : Mon Apr 18, 2011 1:58 pm  

Serious question for those in the East stand as you would have the better view than us in the South.

Leigh winger Dean McGilverry touched down in the first half and it was ruled out for offside. I have watched it again on Blip tv but it does not show clearly wether he was or not. What did you think ?

Re: ref's and their so called assistants : Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:28 pm  

Well at least we will see a good ref on Thursday. We have Rocket Ronnie again.