Leicester Tigers

I have suggested before that when a front row forward is yellow carded and a replacement is required to enable a scrum to take place then the non offending side should be allowed to dictate which player has to be removed for the replacement to come on. Picture the situation on Saturday , Bristol pro...

The simple answer is to change the law to say that "Any pass where the ball does not clearly travel backwards ie towards the passer's dead ball line shall be deemed a forward pass" All referees and TMO's should be applying the same standards at all times at whatever level.

The Genge yellow should never have been yellow. The quins player was already off his feet laying on top of the ruck and had his hands on the ground before Genge arrived so was commiting an offence that should have been a penalty to tigers.

I’ve come to the conclusion on this and other forums, refereeing performance is as follows:- 1. Your team wins. Ref was excellent. 2. Your team loses. Ref was rubbish. NOTES:- 1. For Ref, you can also insert “Ref” “TMO”, occasionally “Linesman” and “citing officer” 2. This does not apply to Karl Di...

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport/rugby/wasps-worcester-warriors-ricoh-arena-20453257 An article re. Worcester refusing to allow the fixture to be moved because they feel they need the extra 2 day break with the week off... In my opinion that is excedingly poor.... so their players need a 14 ...

Ducking into a tackle should be treated the same as jumping into a tackle ie a penalty against the offender. Any time "contact with the head" is penalised it should be an automatic HIA for the player whose head is contacted. "clear outs" at the ruck should be banned as the laws c...

I reffed games in a few countries at a far lower level, where there is no officiating team or TMO, and it is very difficult to miss things, so I do appreciate that this is possible, and refs are only human etc. However a long way up in the professional game with a larger officiating team and camera...

The 6 unions and the organizers are still missing a trick, play the competition over 5 consecutive weekends with fixed squads as in a world cup. This would ensure that the teams were properly prepared for the demands of a world cup campaign and also make it easier for the clubs. There should also on...

Scott1 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 5:31 pm What happened to Thomas? Off the ball and HIA apparently,anything in it for the citing officer?

Heyes ran through him at the line out, which he got penalised for, in my opinion he shouldn't have been hanging around after the ball had gone

Also how come the ref reminds bath scrum "all the free kicks have been used up" and then points it out to us as well even though we haven't conceded anything at the scrum

Can anyone explain the following Bath scrum concedes every free kick possible and then is penalised is this not a yellow for persistent offending? Line throw straight to man standing at front of line surely "not straight" Bath player flops on top of our players at tackle we get penalised f...

The way around the cricket style way of enquiring to generate an officials review is for the referee to ask "do you want to make a challenge, if not we just play on" "take this as a warning, the next time you are not happy with my decision if you don't make an official captain's chall...

Here's a few radical ideas - RFU to only pay compensation to clubs for use of players but not pay the actual players, as I'm sure they don't lose any of their club salary while with England. This would save a minimum of £2.4 million which could give each championship side an extra £200,000. End para...

Also there is no ruck as there are only Sale players over the ball so anyone can tackle the 9 or try to take the ball

Not for me,full on assault. Watch the Twitter link,shoulder to head,no attempt at wrapping. Hopefully the citing officers do their job Having watched it several times and taking notice of the actions of all the players I would say the following 1 Faff is in no position to either pass or kick the ba...