CLclevermike
Coach57,555 posts
CLclevermikeCoach57,555 posts
17 May 2015, 02:07#2
I would like to wait and see what Kaplan says about Hoffman - I think he would not be kind in this case.
CLclevermike
Coach57,555 posts
CLclevermikeCoach57,555 posts
17 May 2015, 03:39#3
By the way - Hoffman has been shockingly poor in all the matches he reffed this year and I think after a season of bungling he should be removed.
MOMozart
Captain49,914 posts
MOMozartCaptain49,914 posts
17 May 2015, 06:16#4
The answer to this poor reffing we see week in/ week out is to give each team three appeals to the video ref....with refills if the appeals are successful. It fixed line calling in tennis...it will force these incompetent refs off the circuit and force the remainder to call it honestly.
17 May 2015, 08:21#5
Towards the end of the 1st Half, the Sharks Captain asked if the Penalty kick for touch would signal the end of the half, he replied YES and then he called for a lineout. The Tahs were just too embarrassed to jump and contest. When questioned by the Sharks captain he mumbled some thing and ran off.
CLclevermike
Coach57,555 posts
CLclevermikeCoach57,555 posts
17 May 2015, 08:46#6
Mozart
I agree with the captain appeals mechanism you mention - but would be of the opinion that a successful appeal should not reduce the number of appeals available to the captain. Incidentally the appeals mechanism in cricket is the same and has been successfully employed in cricket as well.
The problem is it can only work if the TV Monitors/referees are honest and make value decisions - some of the TV referee decisions this year was basically beating the incompetence of the on-field referee.
17 May 2015, 08:53#7
mmmm Giving the Local Stadium TV crew free reign is a bad idea. Too much bias against visiting teams and deleting of scenes featuring foul play by local team. A certain TestMatch last year in the Republic comes to mind.
CLclevermike
Coach57,555 posts
CLclevermikeCoach57,555 posts
17 May 2015, 09:12#8
Hakwa
That is not the point - giving captains an appeal is not "giving the local TV crews a free reign". That incident in the test last year represented illegal/dangerous play, but I agree the way it was handled was not handled correctly. However, it is not the only case that type of thing happened - what about another incident in the same series, where preceding a try scored Louw's head was nearly taken off by McCaw and Louw was out for months afterwards injured as a result of seriously illegal/dangerous play.
BEBeeno1
Captain40,032 posts
BEBeeno1Captain40,032 posts
17 May 2015, 09:21#9
There needs to be an appeal system.However to be fair to Rohan he is a mere novice compared to bryce lawrence - nz ref of the year!
Mistakes are one thing but if the mistakes are made against one side that is not simply mistakes. The call re the halftime kick gave the game away.
Sadly, all indications are that the get the J arpy campaign is alive and well and thriving down under.
17 May 2015, 10:41#10
We don't have to "get the Japie" Hasbeeno. We just sit back and watch you do it yourselves with endless rolling mauls.....
BEBeeno1
Captain40,032 posts
BEBeeno1Captain40,032 posts
17 May 2015, 12:41#11
Mooooooo la la la please oak try and make sense rather tha n these bovine comments.
Virtually every week there are incidents of baltant bent reffing by bent down under refs.
Facts are facts mooooo la.
18 May 2015, 09:59#12
Beeno cannot tell the difference between the North Island, the South Island and the West Island of NZ
CLclevermike
Coach57,555 posts
CLclevermikeCoach57,555 posts
18 May 2015, 10:13#13
hakwa
Excuse my ignorance, but is the West Island by any chance Australia?
