Leggings

[SimonSmith]

if the opposing captain doesn't mind, is it really a big deal to simply let him play?

Yes. You don't let the lunatics take over the asylum

 

[Simon Thomas]

The regulations and guidance are set by the IRB and in our case by RFU too.

We apply them as Society Referees, we don't make them, until you get onto a Society, CB, Federation, Comps or RFU Commitee perhaps.

 

[Taff]

Yes. You don't let the lunatics take over the asylum

Hang about. If we're talking of the the same man here (I'm slowly losing the will to live and haven't got time to go back to check) he has a disfigured leg after an accident; we haven't seen a letter and fear he may be just being a pussy (unlikely otherwise he'd be playing soccer). The opposing captain doesn't mind him wearing them and to cap it all off I can't think of a single safety concern with letting him wear them. Correct?

If we were to say he wasn't allowed on, you'd have 44 players and a handful of coaches all wondering the who the real "lunatic" is.

 

[OB..]

Hang about. If we're talking of the the same man here (I'm slowly losing the will to live and haven't got time to go back to check) he has a disfigured leg after an accident; we haven't seen a letter and fear he may be just being a pussy (unlikely otherwise he'd be playing soccer). The opposing captain doesn't mind him wearing them and to cap it all off I can't think of a single safety concern with letting him wear them. Correct?

If we were to say he wasn't allowed on, you'd have 44 players and a handful of coaches all wondering the who the real "lunatic" is.

And as far as you are concerned it is fine to ignore RFU/IRB rulings when you don't agree with them? If the chap has a legitimate case, then why does he not get a proper dispensation letter? A cynic might wonder if he had been refused one.

 

[SimonSmith]

I've had captains on both teams try to talk me out of red cards following foul play.

You're suggesting that the opinion of Captains is something I should factor into my decision making? So, we allow it on legging...where then do we stop?

 

[Browner]

I've had captains on both teams try to talk me out of red cards following foul play.

You're suggesting that the opinion of Captains is something I should factor into my decision making? So, we allow it on legging...where then do we stop?

C'mon ref, neither of us mind our players knocking six bales of shit out of each other, that's why we took the fixture - just close your eyes Sir... facial scar'ing adds character !

 

[L'irlandais]

If you let one player wear them then you have to let them all. where do you draw the line? Should we allow gloves to be worn as well ...

Winters are cold in Alsace, leggings, gloves you name it. That's fine by me, and stuff the RFU i say.

 

[SimonSmith]

So let me ask:
One team wears leggings because it's cold. One doesn't

The captain of the team not in leggings aks you about the leggings. Makes the point that his team are suffering because they chose to follow the IRB edicts.

What do you do then?

 

[L'irlandais]

Simon,
Captain is purely an honorary title in mini/midi/maxi rugby. As a coach, I obliged kids under my charge to tog out correctly. I would expect their coach to do the same . As a referee I'm more tolerant ; the notion that we treat children as if they were small sized adults seems positively Victorian to me. Thankfully that notion, holds no sway in FFRland :france:

 

[SimonSmith]

I wasn't aware it was kids - apologies.

 

[L'irlandais]

No worries. French term EDR means nothing in English.
Also, I have promised to ref Senior Rugby here in France (says so in my profile) soonish.

 

[crossref]

This is good quality schools rugby -- Trinity Croydon beat Harrow by the smallest of margins last week, in Round 6 of the Natwest Cup.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ru...-win-at-Harrow-with-final-action-of-game.html

The match won on the last kick of the game - and look what the kicker was wearing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=J2-EoASr_UE

Clive Woodward and David Brailsford both stress the importance of grabbing small and incremental advatages -- would the kicker have made the kick if he'd been told to take his leggings off?
How cold was it in Harrow last week?

I wonder who the referee was. London I assume

 

[Lee Lifeson-Peart]

Ginger and wearing leggings. They'll never stop school bullying! :biggrin:

 

[Simon Thomas]

This is good quality schools rugby -- Trinity Croydon beat Harrow by the smallest of margins last week, in Round 6 of the Natwest Cup.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ru...-win-at-Harrow-with-final-action-of-game.html

The match won on the last kick of the game - and look what the kicker was wearing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=J2-EoASr_UE

Clive Woodward and David Brailsford both stress the importance of grabbing small and incremental advatages -- would the kicker have made the kick if he'd been told to take his leggings off?
How cold was it in Harrow last week?

I wonder who the referee was. London I assume

Yes it is a London referee, other Trinty School players are wearing leggings too. In London !

Harrrrrumph - I must write a letter to their Headmaster

 

[Waspsfan]

Who cares about the leggings - what a kick!

 

[crossref]

it certainly was -- and just right at the end of his range. Very cool young man to kick that to win a match.

 

[Dixie]

Very cool young man to kick that to win a match.

Can't have been that cool - he was wearing leggings! Cool-killer in all senses of the word

 

[crossref]

perhaps he has special kicking leggings, one leg tighter than the other..

 

[TheBFG]

thought it was about time to dig this one out :wink:

In a couple of weeks time, will be reffing a side where they have a player that wears leggings.

Now he will claim that he has a letter from the RFU allowing him to wear them due to scars on his legs he has after industrial accident (think i may have done this post before), unless something has changed, since early this season, when a fellow ref was told he had said letter, but had "forgotten to bring it with him" i.e. he hasn't got a letter.

Should I let him play in them?

He's been told in the past he needs to get this sorted and either he's not bothered or RFU have said no, which i'd be surprised?

 

[crossref]

Can you let them know in advance of the game that you will be needing to see the letter.
That way you can avoid confrontation on the day.