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Refs must regain authority on pitch

Refs must

JEFF PROBYN
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME

Red card: Beno Obano is sent of by referee Christophe Ridley at Twickenham last weekend
PICTURE: Getty Images

AS GOOD as last week’s Premiership final was, I can’t help thinking after reviewing the game it was once again a game where the result on the pitch was decided by the match officials rather than the players.
After the TMO interrupted the game to tell referee Christophe Ridley that he had missed an illegal tackle by Beno Obano and needed to review it we got into a situation which is all too common now.
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