[6N] ARU referee Ireland V Italy

[Daftmedic]

Thought he had a good solid game. Friendly, approachable, good use of downtime to reinforce expectations and managed away penalties really well with proactive calls. :clap:

 

[BikingBud]

A breath of fresh air perchance. While he let the players play it might have been different had it been closer.

 

[JohnP]

He can hurdle well as well, had to jump a player rolling into his path for the Heaslip try just before half time. Thought he was pretty good

 

[Daftmedic]

He can hurdle well as well, had to jump a player rolling into his path for the Heaslip try just before half time. Thought he was pretty good

I agree

 

[Lee Lifeson-Peart]

Has he not got a name?

Edit:

Angus Gardner

 

[Daftmedic]

Has he not got a name?

Edit:

Angus Gardner

cheers buddy.

 

[DocY]

I thought he did well. It's generally been a pretty poor tournament for referees, but it's shown that there isn't such a huge gap between the perceived 'top tier' and the rest (Garces and possibly Owens excluded).

 

[The Fat]

Glad to hear some good feedback on Gus Gardner's performance in the 6N.
He is becoming a good referee and obviously was on WR's radar last year getting a gig as an AR at the 2015RWC.
I was a bit anxious for him after his first 2 2016 Super Rugby games recently as the scrums were a bit ordinary and I felt he could have been tougher in those games to get compliance. I thought the NH guys may have seen bits from those 2 games and thought, "We'll dictate how we scrum to this bloke in the 6N".
Sounds like he did a good job.
Glen Jackson's day near the scrums was less convincing (being diplomatic there).

 

[The Fat]

Ian C,

How did Will Houston go in his first Super Rugby game with the whistle in the Crusaders game?