Newcastle v Tigers - Oh no just gets worse its Greg Garner.

[wormus]

Yes just when we thought things might improve in the selection of Referees having experienced Tim Wigglesworth last weekend we now have Greg Garner on Friday at Newcastle. http://www.planetrugby.com/news/match-o ... uary-14-2/

[fentiger]

Have we ever won when Garner has reffed us? Have we ever won on a plastic pitch?

[Bunchy]

is there a ref you WOULD approve of?

[jgriffin]

Owens, Poite, Garces, Barnes, Whitehouse, JP..... the two above are the founder members of the Horse's Rear End Society. We are not the only club that shivers on their appointment.

[WhitecapTiger]

Have we ever won on a plastic pitch?

Beat Falcons on theirs last year:

http://www.leicestertigers.com/rugby/22250.php

Still working on the other Q regarding GG

[fentiger]

Have we ever won on a plastic pitch?

Beat Falcons on theirs last year:

http://www.leicestertigers.com/rugby/22250.php

Still working on the other Q regarding GG

Thanks Whitecap I had a feeling these were rare occasions

[Hot_Charlie]

Have we ever won when Garner has reffed us? Have we ever won on a plastic pitch?

16-12 v Saints in 2012.

There are probably others.

[Bunchy]

the premiership semi at Welford Road a few years back - the one with Croft's amazing try...

[WhitecapTiger]

Have we ever won on a plastic pitch?

Beat Falcons on theirs last year:

http://www.leicestertigers.com/rugby/22250.php

Still working on the other Q regarding GG

Thanks Whitecap I had a feeling these were rare occasions

No problem fen tiger, here's another one that (finally) sprang to mind....LV cup match at Cardiff

http://www.leicestertigers.com/rugby/21763.php

[wellstiger]

I would prefer GG to Wiggy, ......JUST

[Roly]

If Tigers don't run around playing with their pish flaps like they did last week, neither the playing surface nor the referee should be a factor in the result.

[Noggs]

There is a skill in playing the ref; even the bad ones. It's the same for both teams, hence, no excuses.

Know how he refs,what he is looking for and what you will probably get away with. Simples

[jgriffin]

There is a skill in playing the ref; even the bad ones. It's the same for both teams, hence, no excuses.

Know how he refs,what he is looking for and what you will probably get away with. Simples

I think that you have targeted the issue - the problem with both these refs is you don't know what they want, possibly they don't know themselves. I find many refs fairly straightforward as Noggs writes, these two......

[chris11]

There is a skill in playing the ref; even the bad ones. It's the same for both teams, hence, no excuses.

Know how he refs,what he is looking for and what you will probably get away with. Simples

I think that you have targeted the issue - the problem with both these refs is you don't know what they want, possibly they don't know themselves. I find many refs fairly straightforward as Noggs writes, these two......

True enough - but this doesn't alter the fact that both sides are in the same boat. Random poor decisions will generally even out over the season - but of course may not do so within any one match.

Nobody (I hope) here would suggest GG is biased - so if it is merely that he makes bad decisions, they are just as likely to go our way as N'castle's! Even if they do go the other way, it is highly unlikely that it would make more than a 2 score difference. Consequence? If we can play 2 scores better than the opposition, we take capricious refereeing out of the equation

[wormus]

is there a ref you WOULD approve of?

Yes there are several good Referees at present and there are several good prospects coming along. Leighton Hodges, Ben Whitehouse & Nigel Owens on a good day without cameras! for Wales, Luke Pearce,JP Doyle & Wayne Barnes have both improved since the RWC2015 especially with playing on during TMO investigations,Andrew Small, Ashley Rowden of England: Watch Glen Jackson this w/e, One of the best was the great Clive Norling no nonsense.
But who will forget Gregs "Triple Penalty Tries" v Saracens on their plastic mat in January.