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<blockquote data-quote="Leonormous Boozer" data-source="post: 900228" data-attributes="member: 45598"><p>Again, no one claimed his accolades heighten his opinion, those comments were completely isolated in response to this</p><p></p><p></p><p>Does it matter? To some people, its certainly tangential but to call Luke Fitzgerald a nothing is wrong, if it were Bakkies Botha making the point and someone called him a nothing I doubt you'd have the same reaction.</p><p></p><p>Also, I'd completely disagree with your last point, Fitz' article is about how he, as a former professional player sees Owens', an International referee, carry on. Your average journo who hasn't played pro rugby doesn't know what its like tolerating these quips, neither do you or I, who does? Pro players, they might just be worth listening to. </p><p></p><p>What do I think? Luke might be being a little bit precious but it shows that there are players out there who'd let comments get to them, an arbiter really shouldn't have that affect on the game, I wouldn't mind if Owens was still a good ref though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Leonormous Boozer, post: 900228, member: 45598"] Again, no one claimed his accolades heighten his opinion, those comments were completely isolated in response to this Does it matter? To some people, its certainly tangential but to call Luke Fitzgerald a nothing is wrong, if it were Bakkies Botha making the point and someone called him a nothing I doubt you'd have the same reaction. Also, I'd completely disagree with your last point, Fitz' article is about how he, as a former professional player sees Owens', an International referee, carry on. Your average journo who hasn't played pro rugby doesn't know what its like tolerating these quips, neither do you or I, who does? Pro players, they might just be worth listening to. What do I think? Luke might be being a little bit precious but it shows that there are players out there who'd let comments get to them, an arbiter really shouldn't have that affect on the game, I wouldn't mind if Owens was still a good ref though. [/QUOTE]
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