I do my own analysis on the teams I am refereeing.
ALAN LEWISI do my own analysis on the teams I am refereeing.
ALAN LEWISBut then southern hemisphere teams are more skilful than their northern hemisphere counterparts, which means games can be easier to referee.
ALAN LEWISIt is a question of how I marry them up to try to get the players around to my way of thinking.
ALAN LEWISMy job is to persuade people to toe the line and play within the laws of the game.
ALAN LEWISThe ones I am going to have to really work hard on early in the game to get what I want.
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 LEWISThey probably know more about me than I know myself!
ALAN LEWISIf 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.
ALAN LEWISIf you get those two aspects right, most rugby matches will work in your favour.
ALAN LEWISIf at first you don’t succeed, get a bigger hammer.
ALAN LEWISThe scrum and the tackle are the two really contentious areas of the game.
ALAN LEWISCoaches 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.
ALAN LEWISI will know some of the personalities, the players who could be difficult customers in a scrum situation.
ALAN LEWISIf you can achieve that, that then it has been a pretty good game.
ALAN LEWISYou can’t put something out there and assume it’s great.
ALAN LEWIS