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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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Around Marry Player Question Think Way
If things like that are going to ruffle your feathers, don’t bother doing the job.
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Bother Feather Go Job Ruffle Thing
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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Coach Crucial Game Hinge Referee Research
Failure comes when you don’t listen.
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Come Failure Listen Next
Coaches will do what they can but it doesn’t necessarily bother me.
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Bother Coach Necessarily
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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King Lot Mention Object Referee Young
They probably know more about me than I know myself!
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Know More Me Probably
If at first you don’t succeed, get a bigger hammer.
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Bigger First Hammer Succeed
I will know some of the personalities, the players who could be difficult customers in a scrum situation.
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Difficult Personality Player Scrum Situation Some
I do my own analysis on the teams I am refereeing.
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Analysis My Own Referee Team
I could give 48 penalties in every match if I wanted to.
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Could Every Match Give Penalty Want
If you get those two aspects right, most rugby matches will work in your favour.
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Aspect Favour Get Match Mist Rugby Work
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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Choose Importance Material Mind Penalty Potential Question Something
I have three tools at my disposal – my whistle, my body language and my talk.
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Body Disposal Language Talk Three Tool Whistle
You can’t put something out there and assume it’s great.
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Assume Great Out Put Something
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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Chance Improve Listen Make Succes Sure Time
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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Early Game Go Hard One Really Want
My job is to persuade people to toe the line and play within the laws of the game.
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Game Job Law People Persuade Play Toe
You are an international referee for a reason.
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International Reason Referee
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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Asier Counterpart Game Hemisphere More Northern Referee Skilful
The scrum and the tackle are the two really contentious areas of the game.
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Area Contentious Game Really Scrum Tackie
If you can achieve that, that then it has been a pretty good game.
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Achieve Been Game Good Pretty

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