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The refs penchant for penalising Pius in their own half whilst in possession allowed Stannies to camp inside Pius territory for long periods. This had an enormous bearing on the result. After a clearing kick bounced straight out upfield, Pius were penalised for being offside 50 metres away...

Fair point re the players, but the rumblings are getting louder. You need to get rid of that old cheat, or schools will stop coming down.

What's more galling is they don't even make a pretence of being impartial. The mingling of the referee and touch judge with the Bathurst crowd afterwards - hand shakes, laughs and "well done's" makes you wonder why schools bother making the trip

Looks like the penalty at the kick off set the tone for some poor refereeing. Knox 6 is not allowed to contest????????

"suffice to say there was a polite but lengthy conversation between the referee and the Pats coach after the game" More likely he was thanking him.................................