Great Refereeing Quotes

[Constantine]

Nigel Owens' "This is not soccer" put me in mind of my favourite in-game quote, from Andre Watson sometime around 2001 "It's a ruck, not a beach, don't just lie there!"

What are yous guys favourite ref quotes?

 

[Dickie E]

Can this include quotes ABOUT referees?:

“The trouble with referees is that they just don't care which side wins.”

 

[Ian_Cook]

"I think you enjoy the game more if you don't know the rules. Anyway, you're on the same wavelength as the referees."

- Jonathan Davies


"Grandmother or tails, sir?"
To Peter Phillips (son of Princess Anne) , the captain of Gordonstoun College Rugby team , by an anonymous referee in 1995 during a pre-match coin-toss

 

[SimonSmith]

"Some of you believe that you are entitled to a warning before a Yellow Card. This is it" - during stud check

Terry Mortimore (Hampshire & Cornwall RURS)

(SS added this for you - ST. Alton v Basingstoke mid-90s if I remember)

 

[Drift]

Carlo Demasco in a 7s torunament.

"The ruck is not a swimming pool, no diving into it"

 

[beckett50]

"If you want cards go to Clintons"
Tony Spreadbury (said to L. Dellaglio)

 

[Lee Lifeson-Peart]

I liked one overheard on Alain Rolland's mike last year. Saracens were playing.

He spoke to Borthwick.

"There are a few players on your team appealing and questioning my decisions"
"Which ones?"
"Start at 9 and and work your way out"