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.
ALAN LEWISMy job is to persuade people to toe the line and play within the laws of the game.
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The scrum and the tackle are the two really contentious areas of the game.
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If you get those two aspects right, most rugby matches will work in your favour.
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It’s up to us to make sure we’re listening to improve our chances for success-if not this time, next time.
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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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Failure comes when you don’t listen.
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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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If at first you don’t succeed, get a bigger hammer.
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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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I could give 48 penalties in every match if I wanted to.
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I have three tools at my disposal – my whistle, my body language and my talk.
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If things like that are going to ruffle your feathers, don’t bother doing the job.
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They probably know more about me than I know myself!
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The ones I am going to have to really work hard on early in the game to get what I want.
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But then southern hemisphere teams are more skilful than their northern hemisphere counterparts, which means games can be easier to referee.
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If you can achieve that, that then it has been a pretty good game.
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