Consistency Players and Officials

You have opened a box of complaints. Referees and their officials ignore crooked feeds into scrums wonky Lines  outs, hookers in field when they throw  in. Players in font of the ball in drop outs.  What do you expect from Refs who have probably not played rugby at any decent level . The demands of the schedule is so demanding for refs to officiate let alone be good. It is what it is. I do not like it but that is life.

On Saturday I witnessed a 90 degree attempt at a tackle that ended up as a violent swinging arm to the head in open player and a player being concussed - A yellow card was given.  Losing 3 points is one thing, losing players is another.

While officials decisions may influence the result, it’s ultimately the players that give them the opportunity. 

Rabbie Burns wrote: While officials decisions may influence the result, it’s ultimately the players that give them the opportunity.

As I started this post I might as well chuck another couple of logs on the fire.

Sorry Haliford, In all my Days from 66 to 92 as a Hooker in club rugby I had props who could stay on their feet if I was only on one. At all levels they trained as props firstly not bulldozers.  Peter Wheeler Et al were great hookers because they had great Props and refs who understood the role of the scrum in the game

omnes Paviores wrote: As I started this post I might as well chuck another couple of logs on the fire. Elijah is perfectly correct in so much as the players might be better off listening to the reason why they have been penalised. They should then correct their wrong ways. People on the touch line don't always see the offence from the correct angle and therefore miss the real offence. Not straight in the scrum. Come on let's get the game flowing again we don't want to watch just the grunt and groan of the forwards let us see some flow from the backs although they could easily drop the odd pass and bring the whistle into play again Then of course there are the DOR's who stand behind the posts berating the officials. What can they see from there, they can never coach players to avoid giving away penalties from that angle. The DOR named in my original posting is one of those DOR's operating from behind the sticks. I bet in his international playing days his coach never took up that position. The DOR in question did take up the whistle for a short spell but he was often caught out behind play but became a good guesser. I think he might have stuck at being the man in the middle if he had been coached by Elijah and listened to Elijah

omnes Paviores wrote: Hope you are well Elijah, fingers crossed we will meet up this season at sometime. I will be routed to games in Yorkshire for the foreseeable. I am in recovery from Surgery and having to keep my travels fairly local I was persuaded to make this post by a reformed poster who know has two eyes. The first still to his club and the second more towards the game as a whole

backrowb wrote: On Saturday I witnessed a 90 degree attempt at a tackle that ended up as a violent swinging arm to the head in open player and a player being concussed - A yellow card was given.  Losing 3 points is one thing, losing players is another.

Absolute howler in the return fixture.  Another high hit, this time head to head on the catcher of a high ball.  Perpetrator ended up concussed, Dale scrum half needed stitches and did not reappear for the 2nd half. No mitigating circumstances, but not even a card.

This was a nailed on red and yet the very well placed touch judge chose to ignore it.   The teams of 3 are completely ignoring this type of red card offence.  This was so obvious that it could only have been deliberately ignored by the team of 3, of which one was perfectly placed.