The Scrummage Refereeing - Event Date: 23 Feb 2020

Old Hooker wrote: Enough is enough. As I watch England Ireland Jako Peyper constantly penalises collapsed scrums yet allows Rugby league pit ins at the scrums . Pathetic and boring to watch . replacement hooker for England Cowan-Dickie had his socks rolled down , clearly no need for shin pads!!!! Ditto at N2S etc The game seems happy to jump on clubs not financially correct but completely ignores the fundamentals of the game . Grrrrrrrrrrrr Another Malbec to calm down. Love to hear Rugby lovers response Cheers

Jaco Peyper should not be anywhere near a Test match arena in my opinion but to add substance to your post of his ability ...

1) Play just before half time, England kick through, Joseph dives on the ball, an England player then seals off, there is no tackle or ruck and he penalises Ireland for midfield offside

2) Johnny May comes around the side of a ruck (legally) and then knocks the ball out of the Irish players hand and he deems it as not a knock on!

Understand today was a WR event, so the refereeing will always be different to National 2 South / National 1 but RFU policy is CASCADED down from The AP referees,but I have seen more straight put ins at Level 4/3 in the last 5 years, than I did in 21 years at Level 1 .....the referee was not good today but thanks to politics, you'll be seeing him for a few years yet!

MikeGC wrote: No doubt Farrell was in the wrong and was rightly penalised, but for Peyper to allow Stander to go unpunished is a nonsense.

Trouble is, the only way to punish Stander was to REVERSE the penalty, which means the player who incites the foul play, gets away with his misdemeanour, as a referee, you're damned if you and damned if you don't!

Stander didn't punch him though, if you look there's no clenched fist, he used the heel of his hand, he showed a fair bit of discipline there, Farrell got what he asked for really.

well said Tiger.
In the 80s I was at a club with a young Jeff Probyn. we were playing Clifton who
it transpired it would be a good idea to gouge me !!!!.Having had that happen to me before for Quins 2s vs Cardiff I was keen for no repetition. We took the scrum so low on our next put in I hooked with my head we drove forward and secured the ball. the great props had perfect footing. could that happen now?????? we were not the quickest around the park but each and every scrum won or lost was very rarely penalised. the game just carried on.

one of the best

The funniest thing was seeing Farrell lifted like a toddler hanging on to the 8's leg.

Rabbie Burns wrote: My biggest gripe is the constant whining, appealing & moaning at the officials we are constantly blasted for it every week

The refs need to be professional and trained and paid accordingly, expecting amateur refs to run a pro game is not on, there's no game without a ref.

Arch Angel wrote: Irrelevant whether it was a closed fist or not, it was still striking with the hand (even if OF deserved it) what was the 4th official watching?

The T M O intervened on several occasions but neither he nor Peyper bothered when England kicked through in the second half and an Irish defender took the kicker out.

I would say it was marginally late, possibly close enough not to penalise - however there definitely weren't any arms in the 'tackle'.

Have to agree, I am not sure Peyper is up to test match rugby at this time.

Thanks for your input Clive. Ear still to the ground !!