If things like that are going to ruffle your feathers, don’t bother doing the job.
ALAN LEWISThe scrum and the tackle are the two really contentious areas of the game.
More Alan Lewis Quotes
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You are an international referee for a reason.
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I have three tools at my disposal – my whistle, my body language and my talk.
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I will know some of the personalities, the players who could be difficult customers in a scrum situation.
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If you can achieve that, that then it has been a pretty good game.
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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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They probably know more about me than I know myself!
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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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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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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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I do my own analysis on the teams I am refereeing.
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If at first you don’t succeed, get a bigger hammer.
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You can’t put something out there and assume it’s great.
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Coaches will do what they can but it doesn’t necessarily bother me.
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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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The scrum and the tackle are the two really contentious areas of the game.
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