KingsPE
Referees in England
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Some great responses to my original post - thanks to all.
Like my original post stated: a tricky one.
Would NEVER criticise any ref unless they are unsafe - certainly not the case here - was not my intention to sound as critical as it came across. He applied the law s he saw fit.
I have no doubt that he was doing what he thought was right. As a side, the YC made no difference whatsoever. Because of the disparity, I had already shaken up my team to have players out of position. The YC just gave my players the resolve to defend their hearts out and (on the next play following the YC) got a turnover from a knock on and counter attacked to score under the posts.
It was a league game but I honestly do not really care too much about results (yes, I know I am unique and proud of it). Funny thing is, the kids play best when they are enjoying themselves and have the freedom to take risks without fear of admonishment from their coach). THE OPPOSITION ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS MY LADS. - why would we want to beat them by 40 points? Nobody learns anything out of that.
Perhaps my only disappointment with the ref is that it was all about him and not the players?????? Maybe he's reading this and will learn from it.
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Like my original post stated: a tricky one.
Would NEVER criticise any ref unless they are unsafe - certainly not the case here - was not my intention to sound as critical as it came across. He applied the law s he saw fit.
I have no doubt that he was doing what he thought was right. As a side, the YC made no difference whatsoever. Because of the disparity, I had already shaken up my team to have players out of position. The YC just gave my players the resolve to defend their hearts out and (on the next play following the YC) got a turnover from a knock on and counter attacked to score under the posts.
It was a league game but I honestly do not really care too much about results (yes, I know I am unique and proud of it). Funny thing is, the kids play best when they are enjoying themselves and have the freedom to take risks without fear of admonishment from their coach). THE OPPOSITION ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS MY LADS. - why would we want to beat them by 40 points? Nobody learns anything out of that.
Perhaps my only disappointment with the ref is that it was all about him and not the players?????? Maybe he's reading this and will learn from it.
End of monologue