7s Ref in the spotlight

[Pegleg]

Did nyone see any of this? If so, is there any validity in the comments?

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinio...ens-final-refereeing-charade-an-embarrassment

 

[Phil E]

I followed the link and saw the authors name....didn't bother reading any further.

 

[Ian_Cook]

Just the usual fare from Reason....muppet, troll and kiwi-hater

Like father like son!

Nothing to see here folks, move along...

 

[crossref]

hmm -- he complains of nepotism, and you say 'just like his father'

 

[Ian_Cook]

hmm -- he complains of nepotism, and you say 'just like his father'

One of these things is not like the other

 

[ChrisR]

Which one is not like the other?

 

[Ian_Cook]

Which one is not like the other?

"Like Father Like Son" as an aphorism which implies that fathers and sons resemble each other, and sons tend to do what their fathers did before them.

"Nepotism" is a practice among people in influential positions of favouring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs.


One has absolutely nothing to do with the other.

 

[ChrisR]

Yes, I get that but ....

"One of these things is not like the other" struck me as being an odd way of saying "These two things are not alike".

 

[crossref]

I know they are not exactly the same thing, Ian but it made me smile. He observed a poor piece of refereeing, and brought the referee's father into it. You saw a piece of poor writing and brought the writer's father into into it. That was the parallel.
no big deal, but made me smile.

 

[menace]

Here's a journalists rebuttal to the journalists whine.....

http://www.sareferees.com/News/is-matt-the-new-bryce/2830601/

I've met Matt on a few occasions.....interesting character.

 

[OB..]

Here's a journalists rebuttal to the journalists whine.....

http://www.sareferees.com/News/is-matt-the-new-bryce/2830601/

I've met Matt on a few occasions.....interesting character.

Paul Dobson is a referee turned writer.
http://www.rugby365.com/article/48104-dobson-honoured-by-irb

 

[Phil E]

Here's a journalists rebuttal to the journalists whine.....

http://www.sareferees.com/News/is-matt-the-new-bryce/2830601/

I've met Matt on a few occasions.....interesting character.

Matt O'Brien may well not have been wholly to blame for South Africa's defeat,

:chin: