Todays Referee's Decisions : Sun Feb 25, 2018 6:02 pm  

I would like some help on the interpretation of a number of the decisions made by the referee today.

1) When kicking off I thought the ball had to travel 10 mtrs into the oppositions half, on three occasions this did not happen this afternoon and Toronto were not penalised. Has this rule been changed?

2. Also when kicking off if the ball will not stay on the tee a member of the team had to assist with holding the ball on the tee not the guy who brings the tee onto the field of play.

3. When the opposing team is behind on the scoreboard why did the Referee call time off when they were very slow to take a drop out also why did he call time off when they were taken their time to get behind the try line when they had to take a drop out.

4)I thought a referee could only call time off at a scrum when six players from a team had formed a scrum so why did the referee today call time off when only 4 players formed a scrum?

Re: Todays Referee's Decisions : Sun Feb 25, 2018 6:31 pm  

Just to remind you Old chap You hammered the team with a Super League budget !!

Re: Todays Referee's Decisions : Sun Feb 25, 2018 7:18 pm  

doesnt mean we dont want to know why the ref was absolute crap

Re: Todays Referee's Decisions : Sun Feb 25, 2018 7:23 pm  

to be fair he gave them very few penalties, and tried to let the game flow. I'm not saying he was good, but he was consistent.

Re: Todays Referee's Decisions : Sun Feb 25, 2018 7:26 pm  

The ball has to travel 10mtrs you are correct but it can travel 10 and get blown back, it therefore has travelled 10 mtrs, have to say from what I saw on all 3 occasions the ball crossed the 10 and got blown back.
The ball does not have to be held by a player on the tee, that is a rule in union but not in league.
On the drop out the referee will call time off as soon as his touch judges are in position, it makes no difference who is in the lead or behind on the scoreboard. It is the same on kick off, when the touch judges are in position the ref should call time off.
Time of at the scrum, should be called off when one side has formed the scrum, that is normally 6 Fwds and a scrum half, if a team are a player down due to sin bin then a scrum does not need a loose fwd therefore setting with 5 and scrum half is sufficient, the refereee can call time off if and when he deems any team is deliberately delaying the re start this can include a scrum.

Re: Todays Referee's Decisions : Sun Feb 25, 2018 7:28 pm  

Interested to know why you thought he was crap.
Last week 27 penalties, no comment on the ref.
Thought he got the balance right today, and importantly was consistent.

Re: Todays Referee's Decisions : Sun Feb 25, 2018 7:45 pm  

I thought he had a good game today. London were clean which makes it easier to like the ref

Re: Todays Referee's Decisions : Sun Feb 25, 2018 8:11 pm  

allowed far to much laying on time to toronto which really slowed the game down

Re: Todays Referee's Decisions : Sun Feb 25, 2018 8:18 pm  

Read my other thread, we don’t know how to win the penalty for laying on, if the tackled player is not trying to regain his feet there is no penalty. Plant a foot, try to stand up, we don’t. And if yr turned on yr back, you have lost the tackle, the defence will get longer, he was consistent, time he was giving on the ground was the same for both teams.

Re: Todays Referee's Decisions : Sun Feb 25, 2018 9:35 pm  

lend me your spec savers glasses for the next game