If he's not allowed to do a regular season pool game tonight he shouldn't be given any game at all. Which is ridiculous.
Tonight was just another game. It's not finals footy where ref selections are taken into account.
He lost control of the breakdown, but he's neither the first or the last to do that. And there's far more experienced refa that have lost control also.
I'm surprised some posters have used their first comment on the game to bag the ref when there was a lot more positive things to discuss about the game - Davies finding his mojo somewhat, Digby's best game this season after a few poor showings, Coopers good vision, Lilo continuing positive play, Kimlin's best game in ages, G. Smith up to some old tricks that, White's very quick service, the ending (well not great rugby but intense nonetheless) etc