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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce_ma gooshvili" data-source="post: 860668" data-attributes="member: 74121"><p>I didn't say it is Peyper's job to keep the game flowing (although I expect World Rugby will give inputs to their referees to that effect), What I'm saying is having a conservative approach to blowing the whistle can have the side effect of being beneficial to the sport. This would not be true if the ball was being slowed down, but slow ball was clearly not a problem in that match. </p><p></p><p>And I don't think you can interpret what he was thinking when he puts the whistle to his lips unless you are a mindreader although I didn't notice the incident you mention. I've no problem with a ref putting the whistle to their lips but then not blowing. Perhaps it is a marginal call in their mind. Or perhaps a player starts to make an infringement, but quickly corrects themselves. I may be wrong, but from my perspective one of the points of refs shouting warnings for example is to stop a player that is infringing, from continuing that infringement to such an extent that the ref must blow for it. I think in a sport with the complexity of play at the breakdown and at mauls, for players to be given an opportunity to correct themselves if they start to infringe but the opposing team still has the advantage of good possession. That's better than blowing up the instant the letter of the law is broken.</p><p></p><p>I'd be the first to admit I'm no expert on the rules of rugby or on refereeing (as may be apparent from my thoughts above!). But games under Peyper to me seem to be more entertaining than on average (i.e. quick ball), seem to be more even handedly enforced than on average and seem to be a lot less "stop/start" than on average. He is by some distance my favourite SH ref (although the O'Keefe fellow caught my eye recently) and I think he is an asset to the sport.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce_ma gooshvili, post: 860668, member: 74121"] I didn't say it is Peyper's job to keep the game flowing (although I expect World Rugby will give inputs to their referees to that effect), What I'm saying is having a conservative approach to blowing the whistle can have the side effect of being beneficial to the sport. This would not be true if the ball was being slowed down, but slow ball was clearly not a problem in that match. And I don't think you can interpret what he was thinking when he puts the whistle to his lips unless you are a mindreader although I didn't notice the incident you mention. I've no problem with a ref putting the whistle to their lips but then not blowing. Perhaps it is a marginal call in their mind. Or perhaps a player starts to make an infringement, but quickly corrects themselves. I may be wrong, but from my perspective one of the points of refs shouting warnings for example is to stop a player that is infringing, from continuing that infringement to such an extent that the ref must blow for it. I think in a sport with the complexity of play at the breakdown and at mauls, for players to be given an opportunity to correct themselves if they start to infringe but the opposing team still has the advantage of good possession. That's better than blowing up the instant the letter of the law is broken. I'd be the first to admit I'm no expert on the rules of rugby or on refereeing (as may be apparent from my thoughts above!). But games under Peyper to me seem to be more entertaining than on average (i.e. quick ball), seem to be more even handedly enforced than on average and seem to be a lot less "stop/start" than on average. He is by some distance my favourite SH ref (although the O'Keefe fellow caught my eye recently) and I think he is an asset to the sport. [/QUOTE]
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