menace
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I thought it was a great game, particularly 2nd half as others have mentioned. Cracking effort by both sides to the 81st minute!
I'm not a big fan of WB at all (in fact I cringe when he referees Wobblies) but thought this was the best game I've seen him perform. There was a lot he could have pinged from both sides (Ireland were particularly good at side entry to disrupt the threat to their ball when under pressure, and got away a with it). What I was surprised about was WB incessant talking at the breakdown. There's comminucation to avoid infringements and then there is communication for the sake of it. I think WB had too much of the latter. At this level I would have thought 'less is more' as they know what they need to do without the regular instructions. I can't recall any other ref at this level talking so much! But above that I wouldn't say WB made critical calls that determined the result.
I'm not a big fan of WB at all (in fact I cringe when he referees Wobblies) but thought this was the best game I've seen him perform. There was a lot he could have pinged from both sides (Ireland were particularly good at side entry to disrupt the threat to their ball when under pressure, and got away a with it). What I was surprised about was WB incessant talking at the breakdown. There's comminucation to avoid infringements and then there is communication for the sake of it. I think WB had too much of the latter. At this level I would have thought 'less is more' as they know what they need to do without the regular instructions. I can't recall any other ref at this level talking so much! But above that I wouldn't say WB made critical calls that determined the result.