Refs for Tri Nations and Mid Year Tests

[chief]

Well another disappointing set of referees for the Tri Nations we have clueless Bryce Lawrence on two occasions, Jonathan Kaplan will again police us in Christchurch for the Bledisloe (anyone remember the 06 Bledisloe in Christchurch)


05-Jun 19:00 Australia v Fiji International Matches Canberra P.Fitzgibbon
12-Jun 18:00 Australia v England International Matches Perth N. Owens
19-Jun 20:00 Australia v England International Matches Sydney R. Poite
26-Jun 20:00 Australia v Ireland International Matches Brisbane B. Lawrence

Tri Nations
10-Jul19:35New Zealand v South AfricaTri Nations Auckland A. Lewis
17-Jul 19:35 New Zealand v South Africa Tri Nations Wellington A. Rolland
24-Jul 20:00 Australia v South Africa Tri Nations Brisbane B. Lawrence
31-Jul 20:00 Australia v New Zealand Tri Nations Melbourne C. Joubert
07-Aug 19:35 New Zealand v Australia Tri Nations Christchurch J. Kaplan
21-Aug 17:00 South Africa v New Zealand Tri Nations Johannesburg N. Owens
28-Aug 17:00 South Africa v Australia Tri Nations Pretoria A. Rolland
04-Sep 17:00 South Africa v Australia Tri Nations Bloemfontein W. Barnes
11-Sep 20:00 Australia v New Zealand Tri Nations Sydney M. Lawrence

 

[Scarfman]

+ Alain Rolland. :

 

[Spook]

No Aussie refs in any 3Ns game is there? Hardly fair.

 

[Scarfman]

Good fucking point.

Paddy must go! We want Andre!

 

[JJJ]

I couldn't help but notice Gary Gold (assistant Springbok coach) getting very fucking friendly with our friend Mr Kaplan in his latest video blog:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9PRo4-oUL4&feature=player_embedded

 

[Pfitzy]

Money talks, the Laws walk

 

[Biffo]

Dickinson's game tonight was by far the best of any referee in the S14 so far.

 

[Tah_Man]

Dickinson's game tonight was by far the best of any referee in the S14 so far.

Hard to argue with this. Although some might argue he's too 'technical', the sole purpose of having a referee in any sport is to apply the laws of the game - a job he does!

As for the appointments, I would hope the ARU are up in arms that only 2 tests will be refereed by Australians (Dickinson in Argentina and Walsh with Japan-Tonga). Whilst the refereeing ranks might be in a trough at the minute, the likes of Smith and Pearce, with another 3-4 years Super experience coupled with some up and comers will probably see Australian refereeing stocks stronger within 5-7 years (these things take time)

How B Lawrence can get 2 appointments for 'top tier' tests and Dickinson only gets Argentina-France (which I suspect will have a 2nd XV) is beyond me! And as far as I am concerned, the best Kiwi running around by an absolute mile is Vinny Munro, who is only on the AR Panel?

As far as the Bledisoles are concerned, I don't think having SAffers is too bad, only because the Aus/NZ guys will be used to them and their interpretations from S14 games (no matter how bizarre they might be, Mr Kaplan). I remember a few years back the Hong Kong game was refereed by and Irishmen (I think) which resuleted in some absolute baffling rulings.

 

[the gambler]

Lewis?? (I think)who was just too fat and unfit to keep up in the humid conditions

 

[Spook]

How does Kaplan get any reffing appointments? He is absolutey shite.

 

[Scarfman]

"Tah Man" as opposed to "The Amazing Tah Man"? You've beefed up a bit, I notice.

What happened to last year's model? We need to see you abseiling the SFS or arriving by F-18 before we can take you seriously.

 

[Spook]

Scarf, that's a very camp photo of a prop

 

[Scarfman]

Would you prefer this?

Or do you like a little bit of this sort of stuff?

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

 

[Spook]

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