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Comment on Is Sorry good enough? by provincefan

provincefan — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:02:33 +0000

As I said on Bloues blog… (And this was pointed out by the Re:union guys last year) if you have a look at the screen the TMO looks at, its rather small, and most of the time it looks like something you’d find in an old age home.

Why he doesnt have full access to a sycnhronised copy to all feeds at once on a 9 or 12 monitor bank is beyond me. Otherwise they should be in the van with the directors.

I tend to agree with Graham Henry, the touchies (assistant refs) are not doing their bit. Especially on the offside line at the breakdown.

Comment on Is Sorry good enough? by Count Czardas

Count Czardas — Fri, 24 May 2013 13:02:41 +0000

Bad decisions have always been part of the game and it never put people off watching, what would put me off is to stop the game every two minutes to have TMO’s spend 15 mins analysing only for the team who feel hard-done-by to get their lawyers to appeal and an arbitration panel goes through everything frame by frame then an interim committee gets to sit and discuss and then the lawyers get their turn again…….

Comment on Is Sorry good enough? by GEN DE LA REY

GEN DE LA REY — Fri, 24 May 2013 11:33:03 +0000

That could work. But it really looks like SANZAR is struggling to get enough refs esp for Aus and Nz. That is why we get these young refs who should still ref college rugby.

Comment on Is Sorry good enough? by GEN DE LA REY

GEN DE LA REY — Fri, 24 May 2013 11:28:05 +0000

Jip and he is a d()()S ook. spelling is not a strong point.

Comment on Is Sorry good enough? by mickeynelster

mickeynelster — Fri, 24 May 2013 10:25:17 +0000

I have a A, B and C certificate for WP umpires. I umpired in the A and B sections of the club cricket leagues in Cape Town as well as the WP academy games.
After every game, we the umpires had to take a form to both captains to have your performances rated. This was sent in to WP Cricket.
You were then allocated to specific games according to the reviews received.
My 2 cents worth

Comment on Is Sorry good enough? by Phil

Phil — Fri, 24 May 2013 09:59:20 +0000

Jeez Generaal. I didn’t know Steve Walsh was Welsh.LOL!

Comment on Is Sorry good enough? by GEN DE LA REY

GEN DE LA REY — Fri, 24 May 2013 09:31:22 +0000

Jip agree that is why soccer is such a popular sport it only has 3 laws.
And although their refs still gets calls wrong at least their is not so much calls being left to the refs interpretation.

Comment on Is Sorry good enough? by GEN DE LA REY

GEN DE LA REY — Fri, 24 May 2013 09:29:09 +0000

You sound like Steve Welsh!! Thing is because nobody can touch the refs more and more people will stop watching rugby because it is just not fun when you can see one wrong decision after another being made.
Refs should be held responsible for their f-ups just like any other professional person.

Comment on Is Sorry good enough? by Count Czardas

Count Czardas — Fri, 24 May 2013 08:55:51 +0000

I would personally hate to see more delays due to reviews. Some decisions are not going to go a team’s way, they need to live with this.

Comment on Is Sorry good enough? by Labach Tanai

Labach Tanai — Fri, 24 May 2013 08:46:47 +0000

Sorry is not good enough, but they do not even have to do that! Unfortunately, in the over-regulated world of Rugby union the lawmen, i.e. refs, never have to apologize and are above the law themselves. This and the overdosage on low quality rugby is what will eventually kill union rugby and I find that ironic.