William Eve wrote:
Several weeks ago when an Aussie ref was appointed to officiate in the 4N fixture between Australia and England, there was outrage over it on this forum.
That outrage then manifested itself into a moral crusade against cheating Aussies alongside future demands for neutral referees.
The aforementioned outrage and moral crusade subsided somewhat when an English ref was appointed to officiate in the 4N fixture a week later between New Zealand and England.
Given that in 2010 England defeated the Australian Schoolboys on the back of extremely favourable penalty counts of 21-7 and 7-2 respectively, it seemed an appropriate time to post a follow up to previous outrages and concerns aired with a renewed campaign for neutral referees.
Obviously not an outrage or an issue whenever English referees are appointed.
England by plenty tomorrow!
Penalties in their favour, that is.
You just don't let up WE,do you?
I had the pleasure of watching the Schoolboys last week, did you? I would say that on the whole the ref was not at all that bad, but did seem to let the Aussies get away with some extra niggle, especially in the second half. There was a full bloodied contest on view and no back biting such as your puerile remarks are necessary in relation to the game, I would imagine, although I do not know for sure that the penalty count went in Australia's favour.
If you care to look back you will see that I was of the opinion that the ref was justified in disallowing Hall's try, simply because I would in his position have done so as well.
Where I thought he got it wrong was in going to the VR and not sticking with his original decision to give a drop out from under the sticks.
I did later concede after some photographic evidence that the try could have been given, but myself I would not have done so.
