Pool 5 - Ulster Rugby v Leicester Tigers 20.00 Romain Poite (Fra)
Pool 5 - Leicester Tigers v Benetton Treviso 20.00 Pascal Gauzère (Fra)
It could certainly have been a lot worse!!
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HC Referees Confirmed
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I am glad to see the appointment of Roman Poite as referee for the ulster match, in my opinion he is one of the top three refs in the world and always explains his decisions in detail and he usually allows the flow of the game to
unfold. Should be a good match to watch.
unfold. Should be a good match to watch.
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Seriously, can't you remember the last time he ref'd the same fixture? I agree he is one of the better refs who unfortunately for us, had one of his worst games in regards to ref'ing the breakdown (or rather....not).Noddy555 wrote:I am glad to see the appointment of Roman Poite as referee for the ulster match.
Still, he did, along with Smurph give us a great comedy moment.
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I have always been at a loss to comorehebd why, when two teams come from different leagues, the ref should not automatically be from the third league.
ERC still cannot manage this.
ERC still cannot manage this.
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Agree Bill. But so far so good from a Tigers perspective. The problems will come if/ when Owens or another Rabo Ref is given Tigers vs. Ulster in round 6! The HC QF final vs. Leinster was a classic example of this.Bill W (2) wrote:I have always been at a loss to comorehebd why, when two teams come from different leagues, the ref should not automatically be from the third league.
ERC still cannot manage this.
Personally hoping for Clancy to be given both the games vs. Montpellier, thought he was very impressive vs. Toulouse and Toulon last season.
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I too will be happy to have Clancy against Montpellier.PM76 wrote:Agree Bill. But so far so good from a Tigers perspective. The problems will come if/ when Owens or another Rabo Ref is given Tigers vs. Ulster in round 6! The HC QF final vs. Leinster was a classic example of this.Bill W (2) wrote:I have always been at a loss to comorehebd why, when two teams come from different leagues, the ref should not automatically be from the third league.
ERC still cannot manage this.
Personally hoping for Clancy to be given both the games vs. Montpellier, thought he was very impressive vs. Toulouse and Toulon last season.
Lay all England to a China Orange if we get a RABO team in later stages it will be Owens! After a;; Wheelbrace is ERC Public Enemy #1!!
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Agreed. On the explanation front, I had always found him generally fairly quiet and his explanations are fairly brief, but they cover what needs to be said.Noddy555 wrote:I am glad to see the appointment of Roman Poite as referee for the ulster match, in my opinion he is one of the top three refs in the world and always explains his decisions in detail and he usually allows the flow of the game to unfold. Should be a good match to watch.
Watched him referee a Top 14 match at the weekend. What a contrast! Obviously happier talking in his native tongue. At one point he gave one of the locks a verbal dressing down that went on for 2 or 3 minutes (longer than the average scrum ). Mr Poite was not a happy bunny and was getting the message across very, very strongly.
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I'm predicting an all Celtic final just to show how strong the HC and the Celtic teams are!!