Those who slate the ref. : Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:50 pm  

One question. ever refereed a game yourself?. I have and its the hardest job in the world. They are human, they will make mistakes and nobodys perfect. Give them a break and dont scream at them everytime they give a decision against Keighley.

: Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:50 pm  

: Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:24 pm  

Maybe a few more spectators should apply the same to the players

: Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:27 pm  

Better him than the old ball and chain.Maybe the men running the line should get more involved,and as for the "hardest job in the world",thats doing the ironing.

: Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:32 pm  

Must agree with anotyher post here. It is the linesmen I take issue with. At times there are just yards away yet lack the testicolies to raise their arm above their shoulder.

: Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:16 pm  

Having been on the course and being "qualified" I can say that we were told that, to avoid confusion and/or conflicting opinions, the touch judge should only offer an opinion if asked for it.

Imagine a TJ flagging for a forward pass and the defence hesitating as a result when the referee has already made up his mind that it wasn't forward.

If when a try is "scored" the TJ suspects a reason to disallow it, he/she will then make it known by not standing in the corner of the in goal area.

Other than that all communication between the TJ and the ref is mostly by eye contact and discreet signals and goes mostly unseen by the fanatical supporters.

This system is less than ideal and an alternative method of communicating between the officials and allowing spectators to be aware that this communication is taking place, is long overdue

: Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:30 pm  

beleive it or not I have refereed a match, o one half only at junior level - very tricky job needed 12 sets of eyes.

: Tue Mar 24, 2009 8:00 am  

goosey wrote:

beleive it or not I have refereed a match, o one half only at junior level - very tricky job needed 12 sets of eyes.

So its a job where you need to be absolutely wasted and not take any responsibility for your actions. It sounds more appealing now.

: Tue Mar 24, 2009 5:56 pm  

So its a job where you need to be absolutely wasted and not take any responsibility for your actions. It sounds more appealing now. sounds like my saturday night!!!