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The cricketerAkkerman wrote:who was the last good irish international ref ?
Alan Lewis. He got fired for giving a penalty against NZ.Yer Man wrote:The cricketerAkkerman wrote:who was the last good irish international ref ?
Flametop wrote:Alan Lewis. He got fired for giving a penalty against NZ.Yer Man wrote:The cricketerAkkerman wrote:who was the last good irish international ref ?
sounds plausibleComing from a bloody SafferMonk Zombie wrote:Ireland and Australia seem incapable of producing decent referees
As far as I'm concerned the French are the worst of the current bunch with Oz in close second and Ireland nipping at their heels.Monk Zombie wrote:Ireland and Australia seem incapable of producing decent referees
We're not reffed by our own. Sadly.earl the beaver wrote:Coming from a bloody SafferMonk Zombie wrote:Ireland and Australia seem incapable of producing decent referees
Ronseal is a brand that makes things like exterior wood treatment etc. Their advertising line is "does what it says on the tin'chicharino wrote:can some one explain Ronseal. for a yank?
So therefore when the title of the thread is Lacey goooooooone and then a link is provided in the thread to a story about Lacey retiring from reffing this would be the same as "does what it says on the tin"?happyhooker wrote:Ronseal is a brand that makes things like exterior wood treatment etc. Their advertising line is "does what it says on the tin'chicharino wrote:can some one explain Ronseal. for a yank?
It's basically entered I to English as a phrase that means something is self explanatorychicharino wrote:So therefore when the title of the thread is Lacey goooooooone and then a link is provided in the thread to a story about Lacey retiring from reffing this would be the same as "does what it says on the tin"?happyhooker wrote:Ronseal is a brand that makes things like exterior wood treatment etc. Their advertising line is "does what it says on the tin'chicharino wrote:can some one explain Ronseal. for a yank?
Rollers went off the boil late on, but in his early years he was excellent.Akkerman wrote:who was the last good irish international ref ?
JokeDOB wrote:Rollers went off the boil late on, but in his early years he was excellent.Akkerman wrote:who was the last good irish international ref ?
Rollers was top drawer. Consistently nailed all the big decisions particularly at the RWCsiarmhiman wrote:Alan Lewis was an excellent ref.
Alain Roland was very good as well.
A martinet who got a lot wrongHighKingLeinster wrote:Rollers was top drawer. Consistently nailed all the big decisions particularly at the RWCsiarmhiman wrote:Alan Lewis was an excellent ref.
Alain Roland was very good as well.
Poite, Garces, Reynal are all top, top refssorCrer wrote:As far as I'm concerned the French are the worst of the current bunch with Oz in close second and Ireland nipping at their heels.Monk Zombie wrote:Ireland and Australia seem incapable of producing decent referees
Poite, with input from Garces, totally bottled the final moments of the Lions series last year. Romain “we have a deal” Poite made one of the most unusual, read bullshit, calls of the modern era.Tecumseh wrote:Poite, Garces, Reynal are all top, top refssorCrer wrote:As far as I'm concerned the French are the worst of the current bunch with Oz in close second and Ireland nipping at their heels.Monk Zombie wrote:Ireland and Australia seem incapable of producing decent referees
You don't half go on about how much you lot don't complainmr bungle wrote:Poite, with input from Garces, totally bottled the final moments of the Lions series last year. Romain “we have a deal” Poite made one of the most unusual, read bullshit, calls of the modern era.Tecumseh wrote:Poite, Garces, Reynal are all top, top refssorCrer wrote:As far as I'm concerned the French are the worst of the current bunch with Oz in close second and Ireland nipping at their heels.Monk Zombie wrote:Ireland and Australia seem incapable of producing decent referees
We didn’t really grizzle a great deal about it collectively. We mainly marvelled at how absurd it was.
The importance of the call vs the fallout, I'd say the country has grown up somewhat. We like to mention it as it would likely be Defcon 1 had NZ benefitted in such a way.happyhooker wrote:You don't half go on about how much you lot don't complainmr bungle wrote:Poite, with input from Garces, totally bottled the final moments of the Lions series last year. Romain “we have a deal” Poite made one of the most unusual, read bullshit, calls of the modern era.Tecumseh wrote:Poite, Garces, Reynal are all top, top refssorCrer wrote:As far as I'm concerned the French are the worst of the current bunch with Oz in close second and Ireland nipping at their heels.Monk Zombie wrote:Ireland and Australia seem incapable of producing decent referees
We didn’t really grizzle a great deal about it collectively. We mainly marvelled at how absurd it was.
Clancy is underrated imo. Not a biased ref at all.Flametop wrote:Alan Lewis. He got fired for giving a penalty against NZ.Yer Man wrote:The cricketerAkkerman wrote:who was the last good irish international ref ?
Yes, the IRB picked the wrong Lawrence for the World Cup.Monk Zombie wrote:I enjoyed Mark Lawrence. So laid back he was almost horizontal.
+2Mr Mike wrote:Yes, the IRB picked the wrong Lawrence for the World Cup.Monk Zombie wrote:I enjoyed Mark Lawrence. So laid back he was almost horizontal.