I have three tools at my disposal – my whistle, my body language and my talk.
ALAN LEWISI have three tools at my disposal – my whistle, my body language and my talk.
ALAN LEWISThe scrum and the tackle are the two really contentious areas of the game.
ALAN LEWISIt is a question of how I marry them up to try to get the players around to my way of thinking.
ALAN LEWISIf you get those two aspects right, most rugby matches will work in your favour.
ALAN LEWISYou are an international referee for a reason.
ALAN LEWISIt’s up to us to make sure we’re listening to improve our chances for success-if not this time, next time.
ALAN LEWISI could give 48 penalties in every match if I wanted to.
ALAN LEWISIf you can achieve that, that then it has been a pretty good game.
ALAN LEWISThey probably know more about me than I know myself!
ALAN LEWISCoaches will do what they can but it doesn’t necessarily bother me.
ALAN LEWISYou can’t put something out there and assume it’s great.
ALAN LEWISIf at first you don’t succeed, get a bigger hammer.
ALAN LEWISCoaches 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.
ALAN LEWISThe ones I am going to have to really work hard on early in the game to get what I want.
ALAN LEWISBut then southern hemisphere teams are more skilful than their northern hemisphere counterparts, which means games can be easier to referee.
ALAN LEWIS