WC Final Referee.

Bill W · Post by **Bill W** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 11:19 pm

I thought I would start this early.

He will, of course, totally misread the scrums and the breakdown and give questionable decisions at the line out.

His off side line will be less straight than my dogs hind legs.

And of course he will miss at least three blatant forward passes - not to mention scrum feeds and not straights at the line out.

But apart from that he will have a good game.

Rlinksteve · Post by **Rlinksteve** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 11:35 pm

Bill,

I think Alan Rolland is a good choice for the final and fully deserves it.

Alan Lewis must also have been in the reckoning.

Reckon Chris White will get the 3/4 place play off match

Bill W · Post by **Bill W** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 11:40 pm

Indeed he is, Although I have a sneaking affection for Joel Judge,

Comments stand however!

Rlinksteve · Post by **Rlinksteve** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 11:43 pm

I think that Joel Judge will have something to do in the Final.

Perhaps the 4th Official - responsible for managing the benches and substitutions

I have a lot of time for Joel Judge

Bill W · Post by **Bill W** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 11:48 pm

TMO would be better!!!

GeddingtonTiger · Post by **GeddingtonTiger** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 1:22 am

There is a post about somewhere, i think its the one about Wayne Barnes, that lists all the refs for the matches. I think Paul Honiss is doing the 3rd/4th playoff.

Bill I don' think there is anything i can add to your prediction of next Saturdays performance by Alain Roland. It seems like all the other games he refs. Still its a bit early to be slating the ref 5/6 days before the game. (Its too late to work it out)

Jeremy Anderson · Post by **Jeremy Anderson** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:32 am

I think it is a good idea to critise the ref before the game as it clearly shows we are not influenced by what he does on the pitch.

Winning or losing we are making the same comments!

BTW Joel Judge best ref IMO - far better than Kaplan last night!

dailywaffle · Post by **dailywaffle** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:24 pm

Bill W wrote:TMO would be better!!!

Certainly better than Spreaders!

It didn't matter in the end, but the Contepomi 'try' Spreadbury gave wasn't. Two out of 3 video shots clearly showed the player losing control before grounding.

Was Spreaders trying to make a game of it?!

Rlinksteve · Post by **Rlinksteve** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 1:44 pm

I felt that it was a try as Contemponi got downward pressure and did not lose it forward until after it had been touched down.

salcombe bob · Post by **salcombe bob** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:25 pm

it was a very strange one cos from the side it looked as if he had definitely lost it forward with no downward pressure but from in front, he clearly got pressure before it bounced forward.

Pellsey · Post by **Pellsey** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 4:12 pm

If anybody knows his address, maybe we could send him this link... Just so that he knows... ;)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_u ... efault.stm

Wayne Richardson Fan Club · Fri Oct 19, 2007 5:01 pm

Is there an Irish Mafia invovled here Lewis got the HC Final and Rolland the RWC Final, could understand Rolland if the French were in it, but Joel Jutge should be doing the final as the best ref IMO Lyndon Bray of NZ was only a TJ this RWC, but they let Barnes and Jonker(The only ref worse than Maybank) be refs.

The chairman of the IRB is Irish isn't he?

Bill W · Post by **Bill W** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 5:06 pm

Syd Millar is indeed Irish and the IRB Headquarters are in Dublin.

Wayne Richardson Fan Club · Fri Oct 19, 2007 5:11 pm

Bill W wrote: Syd Millar is indeed Irish and the IRB Headquarters are in Dublin.

Say no more!

Bill W · Post by **Bill W** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 6:45 pm

Bernard Lapasset has been elected to be the next IRB Chairman.

Northern Hemisphere rules - OK?