I’M a junior referee (L9) and while I’m moving towards my dotage still referee Seniors, Age Grade and University teams.
My huge frustration is the inability of referees, with their assistants and TMOs, to interpret the laws as they are written. If I can, one guy without formal support, then why can’t they? Perhaps it’s their managers, game boards, the RFU and World Rugby who are acting irresponsibility by directing refereeing priorities? The laws that are consistently and constantly broken include: in front of the kicker at the kick off and restarts, well in front of...