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Sunwolves v Rebels - R4 - Super Rugby 2016

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David Wilson (68)
Highlander35 said:
Maybe it's just me, and he I'm not accusing him of bias, but the ref just seemed to have no idea what was going on half the time.

Glad for the win, and a good second half.
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Yeah - not bias, but he hardly picked up a knock on all night and there were many of them, sometimes in clusters. OTOH he called a few forward passes that imo weren't. Puzzling.
 
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Peter Johnson (47)
^^^^^looked lazy and disinterested IMHO. At times he just wasn't where he needed to be to see so he was missing stuff, then at other times seem to guess. Have to wonder if he arrived late and was jet lagged or had a pre-game karaoke and sake' bender.

Sunwolves games seem to have gotten "B" grade refereeing so far. Wonder is SANZAR are selling to the Refs's as a working holiday?
 
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Peter Sullivan (51)
regards the reffing (which as i said above was poor, not biased i agree), i am wondering if the assistance from the assistant's is less than ideal because of the language problem. heaven help if they have to go to the TMO
 
GoMelbRebels

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Nicholas Shehadie (39)
swingpass said:
regards the reffing (which as i said above was poor, not biased i agree), i am wondering if the assistance from the assistant's is less than ideal because of the language problem. heaven help if they have to go to the TMO
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Agree. Did he ever refer to his assistants?
 
Mr Wobbly

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Alan Cameron (40)
I thought the ref switched seamlessly from being a pedant to completely blind. At least he was rubbish towards both teams.

SANZAAR obviously have a policy of sending the worst refs to the weakest teams. Think about some of the gems we've had in Melbourne over the years. Looks like it's the Sunwolves turn now.
 
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Peter Sullivan (51)
The weakee teams and games generally get the less experienced refs. Some are pretty goood from the start but the rubbish ones generally stay rubbish eg Lees Frazer, O'Brien
 
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Forcefield

Ken Catchpole (46)
Groucho said:
It was grim for the Farce.
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It was grim for the Waratahs. The scoreline hides that somewhat. It was looking grim for the Rebels when the original post was made. The final scoreline hides that. But credit to the Rebels- 3/4 is a good start. I hope they can keep it up as the opposition improves. To be honest I had expected it to be grimmer for the Reds. That scrum is worth a lot of points.
 
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Groucho

Greg Davis (50)
Forcefield said:
It was grim for the Waratahs. The scoreline hides that somewhat. It was looking grim for the Rebels when the original post was made. The final scoreline hides that. But credit to the Rebels- 3/4 is a good start. I hope they can keep it up as the opposition improves. To be honest I had expected it to be grimmer for the Reds. That scrum is worth a lot of points.
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I certainly didn't feel grim. I thought it was a great fightback, and a close loss to the title holders. But then I don't usually feel grim. And while I fully understand savouring a Reds loss before it happens, they can't always be relied upon. I'd say the lesson of the weekend is that the top sides are quite even.
 
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