Quote Originally Posted by frankiechav View Post
Well done Belswans on a great performance on the weekend. As members have already suggested, not many teams go to Maitland and win....so credit where credit is due. I disagree with the comments regarding the referees. The 23's ref made some poor decisions and jumped on any player that even appealed for a decision. Rude to players and spoke to them like children. The first grade ref done his job well. Should have been a little stronger from the start, they should use their assistants thats correct but can overule if he thinks that it is not he right decision, after all thats why he/she is the one in the middle. Should be a cracker at Blackmsiths next week.
Belswans supporter are we...Pretty sure you've got your refs mixed up. For starters the 23s ref basically didn't raise her voice at a player all game. One player did whinge at her constantly and she solved that with a booking. For a small female she demonstrated respect with the players and I don't know what game you were watching but when required she let them know what the foul was and to leave it at that. That's smart refereeing. As for the 1st grade ref, if you call basically being in a player's face where they are almost touching each other's nose, polite, you have no idea. Overruling on a big call is a very dangerous move and with her being right there and him too far from the play at the time, he should have shown more smarts.