Posts Tagged "nrl referees"

Just when you thought Bill Murray would never again wake up to Sonny and Cher’s “I Got You Babe”, news has filtered through that former Sydney Roosters coach Brian Smith is in line for the top referees job with the National Rugby League.

7 Have your say

The missing-in-action ARL Commission surfaced yesterday to sack refereeing legend Bill Harrigan as the ref’s coaching boss

41 Have your say

There’s a very simple and built-in way to overcome the on-going howlers made by rugby league video refs: appoint the Channel Nine commentary team to do the job.

74 Have your say

Watching last weekend’s games and the brouhaha that erupted following the controversial refereeing decisions made me think about what must be done to get it right and how it was back in my day.

38 Have your say

Why should the result of an NRL match be set in stone upon the completion of the final play after the full time siren has sounded?

34 Have your say

Given that politicians have been coming out lamenting the quality of political discourse in Australia, I thought I might come out with my own concerns.

34 Have your say

It is not as much fun at the pub when the boys want to talk about the refs and not Benny Barba or T Rex. The fact is the refs are not that bad, it is the complex rules that are almost impossible for any one man to evaluate.

38 Have your say

Once again referees have dominated this weekend’s NRL games. The ambiguity around game day officiating is now at the point that any time a decision is sent upstairs it is becoming a bit of lottery as to the outcome.

6 Have your say

The NRL rules are like any codified legal system. Although I don’t want to bore readers with a legal diatribe about what makes good law, some basic analysis of legal principles is vital to understand what is so wrong with the NRL Rules.

48 Have your say

If players are role models for junior players, then coaches are role models for junior coaches too. The continuous sprays and allegations of ‘poor refereeing’ dished out by NRL coaches such as Des Hasler and Shane Flanagan are very dangerous at a junior level.

37 Have your say

The 2012 NRL season has been magical so far. Thrilling comebacks, fierce rivalries, and skill has graced the NRL this year.

20 Have your say

The video referees are too far away from the action. Perched up in a box making technical, clinical and cold decisions, in reality, they have never been further away.

12 Have your say

As the steaks and snags sizzled at a mate’s barbecue last weekend, the ice cold beer was somehow replaced by some great Australian whines.

72 Have your say

Before this weekend, I had an idea in advance of what I’d be writing about. The luck of the draw had meant the North Queensland Cowboys – a team guaranteed to have at least two of their best players in State of Origin – would play the New Zealand Warriors, last year’s losing grand finalists.

9 Have your say

I can picture it now, the advertising campaign for the 2013 season. But there’s a change to the normal advertising campaigns.

11 Have your say

A growing proportion of rugby league fans’ discontent arrives on a weekly basis in the form of contentious decisions by referees.

32 Have your say

The video challenge system could be a great thing for rugby league, but what should a coach be able to dispute?

18 Have your say

Play-the-ball is one of the most fundamental skills in rugby league. Typically mastered no later than the under 8s, it is not unreasonable to expect the professional players of the NRL to play-the-ball correctly.

9 Have your say

You’ve been warned: it could be a very ugly round of rugby league this weekend. Referees’ boss Bill Harrigan has sent an ominous warning to clubs ahead of round 3 action, stating that he has ordered all referees to crack down on areas of officialdom that he feels have become ‘relaxed’.

45 Have your say

Bill Harrigan called for referees to be more confident and decisive after admitting they had been below his desired standard this year.

0 Have your say