Lee Lifeson-Peart
Referees in England
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FeetAre you on exchange to Mercury?
FeetAre you on exchange to Mercury?
- Cup finals can be the worst games in the world to ref!
- Having ARs without comms is hard - Basically ignore them
I don't think they will appreciate being ignored, you are meant to be a team.
Try and keep infield and let your ARs cover the touchline side of engagements.
If you think you might have missed something, look up at them to see if they are giving (discreet) hand signals).
At lineouts have a quick word with them "anything I'm missing", "any trends"?
Get them to mirror you near ingoal so you can cover both sides of breakdown and pile ups.
The above should all be part of your brief to them before the game, so they can help you in sticky situations, such as missing an obvious knock on, or not seeing a grounding for a try. They are there to assist, use them
Let’s reword, I need to ignore their ‘potential’ input, I was looking over unnecessarily and breaking my flow / getting distracted in what was a busy, messy game - I should have backed myself more instead of looking for validation
One AR had little to offer, the other a couple of things that were probably immaterial in hind site, but one significant so that input was appreciated.
As with all these things experience is key
Phil E is correct and I sympathise with Flish.That sounds a lot different. Like anything in life, take what's useful, ignore what isn't.
Working with AR's is a skill that has to be learnt.
Being an AR is the same. You will quite often get an inexperienced AR who is trying to do the referees job, instead of supporting him/her.
Anyway this is perhaps a discussion for another thread so I'll leave it there.
Forgot to mention, I’m working with teams from Durham (my lot), Cumbria and Northumberland societies - don’t think it’s with anyone from these forums, but possibly some federation colleagues - give me a shout if anyone’s over for the day.Then Sunday is Papa John's North finals so AR2 for 2 games and Fourth Official for another, the weather forecast is 23 degrees so pray for my shiny head!
"Oh, have you come far?"This weekend I will be at a Buckingham Palace Garden Party by invitation from The King. Huzzah.
King Huzzah? Where's he the king of?This weekend I will be at a Buckingham Palace Garden Party by invitation from The King. Huzzah.