Johnstone contends that the All Blacks were merely exploiting the referee’s leniency around certain issues rather than deliberately targeting Irish players.
Thats perfection. He really has a lovely way of putting things. Have you a link to his original piece and not this bastardised Indo version?
@gilgamboa I see Frank Murphy is to referee his first Pro12 game, didn’t he only retire a year or two ago? Seems to be some serious fast tracking there?
Yeah maybe 4 years retired but only reffing 18-24 months
Can’t remember if I was saying it on here or not. But it’s a right lucrative option for an ex player. Would earn more as a regular pro12 ref than he did most seasons as a pro. He basically is exactly what they are looking for. A recently retired scrum half whose played to a high level…that is the prototype they want. They will know within 6 months of you starting if you will be able to progress to a high level and if you can they will give you massive support. Probably get to ref an AIL game within 9 months if you do well and probably as easy ref a Pro12 game as an AIL game once you can keep up with it.
Red card for Elliot Daly for taking out Senatore in the air in the England game, despite the considered view of the Sky cheerleaders that it was a yellow