The worst thing for a referee to hear before a game

[Robert Burns]

What's yours? A few I can think of that would be particularly frustrating:

• Who's the captain today? I dunno, who want's to be captain lads? :buttkick:
• We've got a few new players come across from League (in Aus particularly, cue shoulder charges and high tackles). :noyc:
• Would you like a beer? :chin:
• But that team's playing away this week!
• Why have we got two refs for this game?
• But last weeks ref let me wear them.. :deadhorse:
• What changing rooms?
• I'm afraid we'll have to start uncontested this week.. :frown:
• Nice shirt sir, goes well with our lads. :wtf:
• Right lads the refs from out of town, so no funny stuff for the first 10 mins.. :biggrin:
• Not that w****r again. :knuppel2:

 

[Davet]

Last time we played them we had 5 red cards and the match was abandoned after a mass brawl.

 

[Lee Lifeson-Peart]

Last time we played them we had 5 red cards and the match was abandoned after a mass brawl.

I had that from an assessor!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Robert Burns]

Wasn't DaveT was it?

 

[ianh5979]

Last time we played them we had 5 red cards and the match was abandoned after a mass brawl.

More likely Andy Scott

 

[Phil E]

What position Captain....No 9 Sir.

What about your team.......same Sir.

:holysheep: :knuppel2:

 

[DrSTU]

anything that goes:

"Oh, did nobody tell you..."

Always ends badly!

 

[Davet]

Wasn't DaveT was it?

No.

But it could have been.

 

[Account Deleted]

"Lurch is playing Loose head today, does anyone know where the tranquilliser gun is?"

 

[Ian_Cook]

"Excuse me Sir... last week's referee let us...(insert illegal play here). Will you be ruling it the same way?"

 

[Taff]

"What could possibly go wrong?" :biggrin: :biggrin:

On a serious note, the worst I've had so far was "We attended a WRU coaching course - that law's been changed". :sad:

 

[Blackberry]

Before the game from the prop (usually) "Actually ref I'm a qualified ref"

Me "Damn, I was hoping you were a qualified prop"

 

[ddjamo]

skipper in the mids asked if minded if he smoked during the coin toss...

 

[Dickie E]

phone call from wife enroute to game:

"why didn't you take your [boots/whistle/watch/cards] today?"

 

[SimonSmith]

"Welcome to 'Alifax."

"Do you know much about Crossleyans and Broadleians?" - my heart is starting to sink.
"Bit of a relegation dogfight" - oh, this won't be good. Wait - there's more
"Local rivals". How local exactly? "Just over that wall". Ooooohhhhhhhh ****.
" And they've had an interesting disciplinary run. One of them has a suspended points deductions because of their participation in a mass brawl that got the match abandoned" Perfect. Just perfect. Can't get any wor- oh. Yes it can. "And Brian Campsall's an Old Boy. And this is the Old Boy's Match Day. Lots of people here"

Magic. Top tip: If you ever pick up an exchange match late on a Friday that entails driving SOUTH to Andover from the Surrey Hants border in order to drive North to Halifax - do your homework. I didn't.
It almost makes the Rochdale game seem funny.

 

[DrSTU]

Holy shit, that wall has to rival the great wall of China:biggrin:

Great clubhouse at Cros

"Welcome to 'Alifax."

"Do you know much about Crossleyans and Broadleians?" - my heart is starting to sink.
"Bit of a relegation dogfight" - oh, this won't be good. Wait - there's more
"Local rivals". How local exactly? "Just over that wall". Ooooohhhhhhhh ****.
" And they've had an interesting disciplinary run. One of them has a suspended points deductions because of their participation in a mass brawl that got the match abandoned" Perfect. Just perfect. Can't get any wor- oh. Yes it can. "And Brian Campsall's an Old Boy. And this is the Old Boy's Match Day. Lots of people here"

Magic. Top tip: If you ever pick up an exchange match late on a Friday that entails driving SOUTH to Andover from the Surrey Hants border in order to drive North to Halifax - do your homework. I didn't.
It almost makes the Rochdale game seem funny.

 

[Lee Lifeson-Peart]

Crossleyans are just off Manor Heath and Brods are in Hipperholme -about 4 miles

Crossleyans are nearer to Old Rishworthians.

I think they were just trying to "sex it up".

That said 4 miles doesn't stop them beating the sh1t out of each other.:biggrin: They are still in N1E (L6) although Crossleyans are struggling a bit.

The closest clubs I know that regularly play are Leodiensians and Moortown in Yorkshire 2 about 500m gate to gate.:wow:

 

[Waspsfan]

Captain; "My grandad is watching me today, and he loves his rugby. Would you mind if he asked you a few questions after the game? He likes to give feedback to the refs"

Ref; "No problems, which chap is your grandad?"

Captain; "He'll be in the bar after the game, just ask for Chopper"

 

[Lee Lifeson-Peart]

Captain; "My grandad is watching me today, and he loves his rugby. Would you mind if he asked you a few questions after the game? He likes to give feedback to the refs"

Ref; "No problems, which chap is your grandad?"

Captain; "He'll be in the bar after the game, just ask for Chopper"

:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

 

[TheBFG]

What position Captain....No 15 Sir.

What about your team.......same Sir.

:holysheep: :knuppel2:

there you go, fixed it for you :wink: