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Heineken Cup P5: Leinster vs Exeter Chiefs - 13/10/2012
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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Manx" data-source="post: 531140" data-attributes="member: 50236"><p>I can sympathise with your view but still feel that with the money now paid to the top refs, in the British Isles (BI) anyway, they are not likely to show bias as they would find themselves marked down and eventually out of work. </p><p></p><p>I see a big difference in the number of penalties suffered by the French teams when they take part in the H/Amlin Cup but really do feel that this is down to the very poor general quality, improving by the way, of the French refs that the French players are used to. This has been recognised by the introduction of BI refs to the Top 14 games in the week prior to the H Cup....for what use that is!! </p><p></p><p>The lower quality leads to players in France getting away with all sorts of things, including seeing refs influenced by the crowd reaction to a much larger extent, in the Top 14 than when they come up against BI refs. This leads them and the supporters to feel that the BI refs are against them when in reality they are just doing their jobs better than their French counterparts....</p><p></p><p>This is a argument with no defined result and comes down to opinion and that is inevitably fuelled by one's nationality but would add that I am not from the major countries in the BI and spend most of my time watching rugby in France...................</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tony Manx, post: 531140, member: 50236"] I can sympathise with your view but still feel that with the money now paid to the top refs, in the British Isles (BI) anyway, they are not likely to show bias as they would find themselves marked down and eventually out of work. I see a big difference in the number of penalties suffered by the French teams when they take part in the H/Amlin Cup but really do feel that this is down to the very poor general quality, improving by the way, of the French refs that the French players are used to. This has been recognised by the introduction of BI refs to the Top 14 games in the week prior to the H Cup....for what use that is!! The lower quality leads to players in France getting away with all sorts of things, including seeing refs influenced by the crowd reaction to a much larger extent, in the Top 14 than when they come up against BI refs. This leads them and the supporters to feel that the BI refs are against them when in reality they are just doing their jobs better than their French counterparts.... This is a argument with no defined result and comes down to opinion and that is inevitably fuelled by one's nationality but would add that I am not from the major countries in the BI and spend most of my time watching rugby in France................... [/QUOTE]
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