But then southern hemisphere teams are more skilful than their northern hemisphere counterparts, which means games can be easier to referee.
ALAN LEWISThe scrum and the tackle are the two really contentious areas of the game.
More Alan Lewis Quotes
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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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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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I have three tools at my disposal – my whistle, my body language and my talk.
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You can’t put something out there and assume it’s great.
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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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I could give 48 penalties in every match if I wanted to.
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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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If things like that are going to ruffle your feathers, don’t bother doing the job.
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If you can achieve that, that then it has been a pretty good game.
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Coaches will do what they can but it doesn’t necessarily bother me.
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I do my own analysis on the teams I am refereeing.
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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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My job is to persuade people to toe the line and play within the laws of the game.
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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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