Glen Jackson to ref England v Fiji

[BJ.]

According to Planet Rugby

This will be his first international with the whistle. All the rest of the officials are listed for this weekend's fixtures.

[sapajo]

[quote="BJ."]According to Planet Rugby

This will be his first international with the whistle. All the rest of the officials are listed for this weekend's fixtures.[/quote

Look forward to seeing this not long ex premiership poacher turn gamekeeper in action.

[MJ Chairman]

Have liked what I have seen of him so far from the southern hemisphere.

[fremen]

he has had some excellent games in the southern hemisphere has the makings of a fantastic ref not been scared to to make some big decisions

[G.K]

Any chance of him penalising crooked feeds do you think?

[Ads677]

Any chance of him penalising crooked feeds do you think?

Care and/or Youngs would be stuffed if he did

[Chobbsy]

[quote="fremen"]he has had some excellent games in the southern hemisphere has the makings of a fantastic ref not been scared to to make some big decisions[/quote]

What I like is he is a REALLY nice guy as well.

[DickyP]

Though he had an excellent game yesterday. Sympathetic, sensible and accurate.

[MJ Chairman]

What I really liked about him yesterday was that unlike Messers Barnes and Owen you barely noticed he was there.

[fortysix]

Asd an ex professional and semi professional player in two sports, having a ex-pro ref/umpire in situ always commands respect......
Having an ''amateur'' in charge does not and leads to some serious malfunction in decision making as they cannot ever understand what is going on.
Cricket mostly uses ex-pros ... Rugby refs -and soccer referees can be a total joke..
I have a distant business colleague--a totally useless soccer player- who is intent in becoming a Premier League Football referee. As he is ''gay'' he is being fast-tracked. That probably tells you everything !!!!!
And yes, I thought Jackson was superb.

[beech]

I believe that this was his first international and at Twickenham with a capacity crowd it was an excellent stand. Can we attract him to the Premiership as we can do with his talent?