Flish
Referees in England
Transcribing from a general local forum from a game (RFU L9'ish I think) where the ref (not me!) was asked the score, and based on that attacking team made a decision, turns out the ref was wrong - in the end wasn't material thankfully, but am interested in thoughts on who's responsibility it is to 'know the score' vs 'keeping the score' - the latter I believe is our responsibility (please correct me).
For me I use the standard score card from here to tally up, and in parallel tap buttons on my Apple Watch app, the latter *should* allow me to reference the totalled score quickly, and I periodically, make sure both add up (I have made, and thankfully caught, mistakes though - conversion tallied in the penalty box and vice versa). I make a habit when asked of saying 'I believe the score is ....', and at my levels there has been a scoreboard once so far this season, and maybe a couple of hangers on on the touchline, so it's pretty much on me.
I *want* to give them the correct score, but is it my responsibility to do so, or is it as much on the players / touchline to do so as me?
For me I use the standard score card from here to tally up, and in parallel tap buttons on my Apple Watch app, the latter *should* allow me to reference the totalled score quickly, and I periodically, make sure both add up (I have made, and thankfully caught, mistakes though - conversion tallied in the penalty box and vice versa). I make a habit when asked of saying 'I believe the score is ....', and at my levels there has been a scoreboard once so far this season, and maybe a couple of hangers on on the touchline, so it's pretty much on me.
I *want* to give them the correct score, but is it my responsibility to do so, or is it as much on the players / touchline to do so as me?