My job is to persuade people to toe the line and play within the laws of the game.
ALAN LEWISIf you get those two aspects right, most rugby matches will work in your favour.
More Alan Lewis Quotes
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If at first you don’t succeed, get a bigger hammer.
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If things like that are going to ruffle your feathers, don’t bother doing the job.
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You can’t put something out there and assume it’s great.
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The scrum and the tackle are the two really contentious areas of the game.
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I do my own analysis on the teams I am refereeing.
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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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Failure comes when you don’t listen.
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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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Coaches will do what they can but it doesn’t necessarily bother me.
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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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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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If you can achieve that, that then it has been a pretty good game.
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You are an international referee for a reason.
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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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If you get those two aspects right, most rugby matches will work in your favour.
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