Recent content by dickell

As a former fullback I was clueless about the front row, but feedback in the bar told me that I got a few right! Ditto when I penalised a Quins team for a deliberate knock-on at a lineout close to their opponents' line. Their profound silence told me I'd got it right.

Doc P, as an FRer you are worth your weight in gold. Keep going!

But they did at the time, hence it was an error.

I have just read this thread from start to finish. Some years ago Raynal refereed Wasps v Connacht and made a major error in law, not in interpretation but in law, when he allowed Connacht to take a line out (from which they scored to win) when the kick into touch should have ended the match...

After the Quins/Wasps match, Brown has said that he could have broken his neck in this incident, when he jumped for the ball, collided with Bassett and allegedly fell on his head/neck/shoulder. No penalty or card was given, and there has been no citing. This may have been discussed before, but...

Are we not glad that the TMO system, after early problems, now works pretty well? VAR is still a shambles, witness rugby tackles on Spanish footballers not penalised.

Any thoughts on the officiating? I thought that they were taken up by the occasion and failed to apply the laws, esp iro forward passes.

I don't know if anyone watched this match. Phil E, I suspect that you were there. I thought that the ref, Dan Jones, of whom I had never heard, had a terrific game, possibly the best I've seen this season. He was calm, well-positioned, communicated very well (without using players' names -...