David J.
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It was a 7s tournament. Pretty social. Last Union event of the season. Discipline was lax. Referees were TJing in sandals and visors by the end. There was a women's match were they were all barefoot in gaudy dresses. Maybe 22 teams total. I knew all the other refs there, except one who was on exchange from another union.
It was very sunny and brutally windy. I'd been on the pitch for 5 games in 5 hours already, so my legs were not fresh, but I felt pretty good before kicking off White v Black in the U-19 finals.
White travelling from out of union, Black the home town side. Black was definitely stronger. About 3 minutes in, White takes it into a tackle inside White's 22. The ball came out the side and Black picks and scores. Then, after I blow the whistle, I thought, "That wasn't a tackle, that was a ruck, there were guys over the ball! Damn." White is grumbling a little, but maintain their composure.
Other than that I thought I'd had a good seven minutes. The score was something like 17-5 Black at half time. I blow my whistle to end the first half and go over to the side line to grab some water and talk to my TJ.
A gentleman approaches me and asks, "How long have you been refereeing?"
Well, I'd been refereeing long enough to be wary of that question.
I look at his jacket, it says "Referee" on one side, and the badge of White's home referee union on the other, the exchange referee, so I'm not sure what's going to happen next.
"Why do you ask?" I say.
"Because you're a terrible referee. I've never seen a referee as bad as you."
"What? Go. get off my field. Get out of my playing enclosure. Now." No movement. Whistle followed by, "Go." And he left.
I was flabbergasted and pissed for the rest of the game, which actually gave me an adrenaline rush to really finish the game strong.
Black won, 38-12.
Has anyone ever red carded another referee?
It was very sunny and brutally windy. I'd been on the pitch for 5 games in 5 hours already, so my legs were not fresh, but I felt pretty good before kicking off White v Black in the U-19 finals.
White travelling from out of union, Black the home town side. Black was definitely stronger. About 3 minutes in, White takes it into a tackle inside White's 22. The ball came out the side and Black picks and scores. Then, after I blow the whistle, I thought, "That wasn't a tackle, that was a ruck, there were guys over the ball! Damn." White is grumbling a little, but maintain their composure.
Other than that I thought I'd had a good seven minutes. The score was something like 17-5 Black at half time. I blow my whistle to end the first half and go over to the side line to grab some water and talk to my TJ.
A gentleman approaches me and asks, "How long have you been refereeing?"
Well, I'd been refereeing long enough to be wary of that question.
I look at his jacket, it says "Referee" on one side, and the badge of White's home referee union on the other, the exchange referee, so I'm not sure what's going to happen next.
"Why do you ask?" I say.
"Because you're a terrible referee. I've never seen a referee as bad as you."
"What? Go. get off my field. Get out of my playing enclosure. Now." No movement. Whistle followed by, "Go." And he left.
I was flabbergasted and pissed for the rest of the game, which actually gave me an adrenaline rush to really finish the game strong.
Black won, 38-12.
Has anyone ever red carded another referee?