Quote Originally Posted by Premy View Post
It's not ZPL & ZL1 struggling for refs is it?
It's ZL2 & ZL3 that struggle for refs. As I've said numerous times, Brad Carlin suggest every year if you play Friday or Sunday he will guarantee that you will get refs. However ZL2 & ZL3 clubs still insist that they play on Saturday and then they question why they don't receive refs. It's a simple fix, move games to Friday or Sunday or run the risk that you don't receive refs.
Not just ZL2/3, all ZL1 matches last week had 2 officials for all 3 grades, 1 ZPL match had only 2 officials for all three games, and some other 3rd grades only had 2 as well.

Problem is the numbers, and unfortunately, due to the abuse that refs have copped over the years, a lot of them have had enough, as well as being over worked by northern, but that’s another issue altogether.