Referees for the Six Nations have been announced.
Posted Nov 11, 2015, 1:43 PM UTC
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why does nige only have one game?
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Only one game, but the most important − the final! ^lol^who^am^i^kidding
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I feel like he's been given that game exactly for that reason- the organisers hope it'll be as crucial as last year's.
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That last weekend is basically a repeat of last years. Are they hoping we are going to scare the shit out of everyone so they play rugby again?
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Am I the only one on this sub upset that Barnes only gets one game? He made Ireland v Wales last year the epic game it was
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Was in the stadium for that game. Was fantastic.
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Me to, right behind the post when Scott Williams scored, what an atmosphere.
When people use the excuse that Barnes is a bad ref and he hates Wales I always point them towards this game.
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joubert.
6 nations new status as a tier II nations tournament confirmed. :/
edit aparently, Joubert and his family are roaming the sub.
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Hes better than Lacey/Clancy.
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Ugh... Glen Jackson for Scotland v France. Hope he's learned the rules since his last trip to Murrayfied.
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I'm not sure I'll ever forgive him for that. 2015, the year of Scotland being on the wrong end of terrible, terrible reffing decisions
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What did he do?
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Very little right in a tough close 6n game. Also bkew full time whistle with time left and failed to stop clock multiple times during game and check tmo. Both teams were angry by half time and both coaches complained after.
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Too long a list of things to get in to, but the stand out events were missing a high tackle / clothesline just before Wales turned over the ball and ran up the pitch to score their first try, calling a dubious knock on (he was at least 10m behind the play) without consulting the TMO for a potential Scotland try, and then not showing a yellow to any Welshman for repeated infringements on their own line as Scotland pressed for the winner at the end of the game (which included kicking the ball away at a penalty).
It's the inconsistency that mostly irks. Scotland got a yellow for kicking the ball away in the previous game against France (rightly so) and then received a yellow and conceded a penalty try (also rightly so) in the dying moments against Italy in a carbon copy of the end of the Welsh game.
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I wonder if we'll still be playing our
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...team.
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Should have JD2, Webb, Halfpenny, Liam Williams back.
Of course that's assuming biggar, North, Roberts and the ones who survived the World Cup don't get injured in the next 10 weeks.
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Lacey, Jackson and Poite?
The fuck!
At least we get Owens (he's becoming a fixture of Le Crunch. I like that), but I'm really annoyed he only gets the one game. JP Doyle only gets one as well, and somehow Clancy is still being given international duties?
For the love of BOD, why?
Also, inb4 DAE refs are shit, getting complaints in early!
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Sorry in advance.
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Hurray for Clancy...
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At least we've managed to avoid John Lacey.
Who's the new kid on the block Angus Gardner? Is he any good?
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Gus is the hero of Australian refereeing at the moment. Only on field ref at the WC, and he was a touch judge... It's not good for Australian refereeing at the moment, but it can only go up.
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We have avoided wayne the pain barnes! Our chances have gone up a bit.
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Urgh Jaco "I wont make a single decision without the TMO" Peyper. He was imho the worst performing ref in the RWC.
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I'm surprise England V Wales got Joubert after he crumbled after the last high profile match. Perhaps Italy v England might have been a better game for him.
Edit: added after. Lick -> game, stupid mobile phones
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Hardly crumbled! He got one decision - which in any other context would be considered completely understandable and forgotten within two minutes - wrong.
And he'll be the last leaving the pitch from this point on I'd say.
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He got a lot wrong. Purely off the top of my head: the scrum was a mess, the offside line seemed highly variable, that yellow card was absurd (a general problem for the game, why is an accidental "deliberate knock on" now seen as a worse offence than a tip tackle?), he missed the late charge on Hogg seconds before the final pen, he missed Fardy coming in from the side in the dying seconds of the game, he fucked up that decision in a really needless way (making the big 30% call as opposed to the safe 70% call) and then he bolted from the pitch with no grace at all.
But Skeen was every bit as responsible as him for about half of these transgressions.
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Yeah all referees make mistakes. Unfortunately for him it came at a very crucial time. He definitely crumbled after the final whistle though.
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Bullshit. He was concerned for his personal safety. I'd get out of there as quick as I could too.
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There's no physical threat in being booed. Man up.
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I think he can be entirely forgiven for getting it wrong - a near impossible call to get right.
It's the blatant penalty after the restart he missed that would've given Scotland a penalty in front of the posts that I object to ;)
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crumbled
Come now, that's a bit much.
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Shit organisers obviously don't expect England to do well...
Lacey, Jackson and Poite?!?!
I guess it could've been worse. Could of had Joubert instead of the sublime Owens.
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Well, small mercies is it's a purely NH competition so Joubert can't fuck the NH side in a 'surprise' decision.
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Slightly disappointed Joubert doesn't have a Scotland game. I mean, it was inevitable, but still
Maybe they're saving him for Scotland v Australia in the autumn internationals ;)
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I cant stop watching this
He's running the line for Ireland v Scotland!
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