If things like that are going to ruffle your feathers, don’t bother doing the job.
ALAN LEWISCoaches will do what they can but it doesn’t necessarily bother me.
More Alan Lewis Quotes
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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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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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I could give 48 penalties in every match if I wanted to.
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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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The scrum and the tackle are the two really contentious areas of the game.
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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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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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My job is to persuade people to toe the line and play within the laws of the game.
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Coaches will do what they can but it doesn’t necessarily bother me.
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You can’t put something out there and assume it’s great.
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Failure comes when you don’t listen.
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They probably know more about me than I know myself!
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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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