But then southern hemisphere teams are more skilful than their northern hemisphere counterparts, which means games can be easier to referee.
ALAN LEWISIf you can achieve that, that then it has been a pretty good game.
More Alan Lewis Quotes
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I do my own analysis on the teams I am refereeing.
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My job is to persuade people to toe the line and play within the laws of the game.
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You can’t put something out there and assume it’s great.
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It is a question of sometimes choosing what is – in your own mind – of material importance and what isn’t, what might be a crucial potential penalty and what might not be.
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Coaches do so much research about a referee because they believe refereeing is such a crucial part of the game that the result may hinge on what we say or do.
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The objective of a referee is not to get mentioned. I tell a lot of young referees that not being mentioned is king.
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It is a question of how I marry them up to try to get the players around to my way of thinking.
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Coaches will do what they can but it doesn’t necessarily bother me.
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You are an international referee for a reason.
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They probably know more about me than I know myself!
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If at first you don’t succeed, get a bigger hammer.
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Failure comes when you don’t listen.
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If things like that are going to ruffle your feathers, don’t bother doing the job.
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I could give 48 penalties in every match if I wanted to.
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The scrum and the tackle are the two really contentious areas of the game.
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