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 LEWISIf things like that are going to ruffle your feathers, don’t bother doing the job.
ALAN LEWISThey probably know more about me than I know myself!
ALAN LEWISYou are an international referee for a reason.
ALAN LEWISIf you can achieve that, that then it has been a pretty good game.
ALAN LEWISThe objective of a referee is not to get mentioned. I tell a lot of young referees that not being mentioned is king.
ALAN LEWISIf at first you don’t succeed, get a bigger hammer.
ALAN LEWISIt 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.
ALAN LEWISFailure comes when you don’t listen.
ALAN LEWISIf you get those two aspects right, most rugby matches will work in your favour.
ALAN LEWISI could give 48 penalties in every match if I wanted to.
ALAN LEWISIt is a question of how I marry them up to try to get the players around to my way of thinking.
ALAN LEWISCoaches will do what they can but it doesn’t necessarily bother me.
ALAN LEWISI will know some of the personalities, the players who could be difficult customers in a scrum situation.
ALAN LEWISThe ones I am going to have to really work hard on early in the game to get what I want.
ALAN LEWIS