Well another year of Six Nations done and dusted, well done to France for achieving the Grand Slam and the championship. Well done to Italy, and Scotland who are proving the Rugby world wrong time after time, and seems the timing could not be more ideal for the World Cup. I love refereeing, I take my hat off to these refs, who do it pretty much for the love of the game as the pay isn't all that special.
Well done to some referees who had cracker performances and who really stood up for positions in next years World Cup. Well done to Romain Poite, Wayne Barnes, Mark Lawrence, Craig Joubert, Alan Lewis, Christophe Berdos. They all proved to be exceptional referees, may I say I thought Craig Joubert was simply fantastic in his game.
However some referees caught my eye in a very negative way, Bryce Lawrence for his what I thought at least were utter failures come scrum time. I really don't know what he was seeing, also in the rucks some of the things he came out and said were interesting.
George Clancy, get's some recognition for his poorness in general. Hopefully he is being sat down with his selector's to see how he can improve and quite rapidly as well.
Now I'm biased, but I'm sure a lot of people may agree with me, why was Stuart Dickinson of Australia not refereeing any matches, when people like George Clancy, Bryce Lawrence, and Dave Pearson all received appointments, which came out with a very poor result. After one bad performance, he misses out on games. Bryce Lawrence, George Clancy, have had a lot of shockers (unsure about Mr Pearson) yet they all receive appointments (fairly good ones too).
May I also say having the referees use the new interpretations half way through the tournament was a farce at the very least, I really think the IRB should have reassess Paddy O'Brien's performance as the referees manager, and look towards a fresh face, I'm thinking Lyndon Bray, Andre Watson, Andrew Cole who have actually bought the game forward with their logic.
Well done to some referees who had cracker performances and who really stood up for positions in next years World Cup. Well done to Romain Poite, Wayne Barnes, Mark Lawrence, Craig Joubert, Alan Lewis, Christophe Berdos. They all proved to be exceptional referees, may I say I thought Craig Joubert was simply fantastic in his game.
However some referees caught my eye in a very negative way, Bryce Lawrence for his what I thought at least were utter failures come scrum time. I really don't know what he was seeing, also in the rucks some of the things he came out and said were interesting.
George Clancy, get's some recognition for his poorness in general. Hopefully he is being sat down with his selector's to see how he can improve and quite rapidly as well.
Now I'm biased, but I'm sure a lot of people may agree with me, why was Stuart Dickinson of Australia not refereeing any matches, when people like George Clancy, Bryce Lawrence, and Dave Pearson all received appointments, which came out with a very poor result. After one bad performance, he misses out on games. Bryce Lawrence, George Clancy, have had a lot of shockers (unsure about Mr Pearson) yet they all receive appointments (fairly good ones too).
May I also say having the referees use the new interpretations half way through the tournament was a farce at the very least, I really think the IRB should have reassess Paddy O'Brien's performance as the referees manager, and look towards a fresh face, I'm thinking Lyndon Bray, Andre Watson, Andrew Cole who have actually bought the game forward with their logic.
