Re: GAME ON : Catalan Dragons v Hull FC - 17:00:00 : Mon Jun 24, 2019 11:59 am  

Him wrote:

Spot on MMJ. I was just going to post similar. Also Union refs do “coach” teams if we’re going to use that term. They actively tell players they’re offside, to keep retreating from a kick through, to either get out of the ruck or stay where they are out of the way etc.

At amateur level I’ve had refs call me mate, it’s not altered my opinion of him at all. It’s the referees decisions that define him not that term. Personally I think it shows he can have a good relationship with most players.

These players are adults, not children. If you speak to them like school children then you’ll get the disdain and disregard a lot of school children have for their teacher.

I think our refs are too much like that anyway. You can see sometimes when a ref has had to make a 50/50 call that he can’t have been certain yet he tells the players that so and so definitely dropped it or it was definitely ripped out. All that does is get players backs up who saw different from a different angle. Just say “from what I saw it looked like he dropped it”. No player can actually argue with that. Treat them like adults.

Also worth mentioning that the NRL refs regularly call players mate and they are regularly lauded on here as being better than ours.

Well said mate.

Re: GAME ON : Catalan Dragons v Hull FC - 17:00:00 : Mon Jun 24, 2019 12:07 pm  

Joshua Griffin - in beast mode
Marcus Sneyd - deadly
Jacob Connor - elegant
Ratatouille Naulago - unstoppable

Re: GAME ON : Catalan Dragons v Hull FC - 17:00:00 : Mon Jun 24, 2019 12:19 pm  

Don't know how long Josh Griffin has been playing in the second row but it sounded as though he is really effective in opening up defences and creating havoc down the middle.

Re: GAME ON : Catalan Dragons v Hull FC - 17:00:00 : Mon Jun 24, 2019 5:21 pm  

Judder Man wrote:

Don't know how long Josh Griffin has been playing in the second row but it sounded as though he is really effective in opening up defences and creating havoc down the middle.

he's had the odd spell there but that was possibly his first start, though he did move into the centres later to cover after kelly went off and connor switched to stand off

Re: GAME ON : Catalan Dragons v Hull FC - 17:00:00 : Wed Jun 26, 2019 12:02 am  

giddyupoldfella wrote:

Joshua Griffin - in beast mode
Marcus Sneyd - deadly
Jacob Connor - elegant
Ratatouille Naulago - unstoppable

Re: GAME ON : Catalan Dragons v Hull FC - 17:00:00 : Wed Jun 26, 2019 12:28 pm  

In all fairness to Catalan the French aren't well known for their defence

Re: GAME ON : Catalan Dragons v Hull FC - 17:00:00 : Wed Jun 26, 2019 12:51 pm  

wire-flyer wrote:

In all fairness to Catalan the French aren't well known for their defence

Naval Battles
Land Wars
Civil War (they lost to themselves)

or do or you mean in RL terms?

Re: GAME ON : Catalan Dragons v Hull FC - 17:00:00 : Wed Jun 26, 2019 3:54 pm  

Rl terms Jean

Re: GAME ON : Catalan Dragons v Hull FC - 17:00:00 : Wed Jun 26, 2019 7:22 pm  

RoyBoy29 wrote:

Rl terms Jean

It's not Jean, it's Standee. He's had more regenerations than Doctor Who.

Re: GAME ON : Catalan Dragons v Hull FC - 17:00:00 : Wed Jun 26, 2019 9:27 pm  

ComeOnYouUll wrote:

It's not Jean, it's Standee. He's had more regenerations than Doctor Who.

The original