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South Africa director of rugby Rassie Erasmus to face misconduct hearing
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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_stormer2010" data-source="post: 1053859" data-attributes="member: 39190"><p>I don't disagree with anything you said here. I think the more involved fans start to get a feel for the referees' idiosyncracies (spelling?). The casual fan probably doesn't even pick it up probably so ignorance is a blessing there. And you can be sure the staff and players at the top tiers account for those known variances between referees. That is not an issue.</p><p></p><p>I agree trying to get everyone in precisely the same place is a task that shouldn't even be bothered with. Its not even an issue as long as their call it interpretations is applied consistently and apply to both teams on the pitch. That is where the biggest frustration comes in.</p><p></p><p>The odd howler will occur and that we'll all have to deal with though more transparency from WR would assist. From an SA perspective and I understand I can only truly speak for myself but the instances I can remember that got me most was not the big howlers although Bismarck getting sent off for a perfectly legit tackle on Carter rankles its the 2011 Aus RWC game that sits very poorly with me. You can't even point to 1 big mistake in that game- its the 57 small ones and the way it seemed different laws were applied to SA and Aus. Lions 1st test wasn't even a 1/4 as bad ITO different strokes being applied to different folks but it had a taste of that and that was a slow boil into big frustration rather than a one-off big call, throwing toys out for bit and getting on with it. The way WR doesn't address atrocious refereeing and hide behinds its curtain is just salt in the wound. But I am rambling now, sorry.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_stormer2010, post: 1053859, member: 39190"] I don't disagree with anything you said here. I think the more involved fans start to get a feel for the referees' idiosyncracies (spelling?). The casual fan probably doesn't even pick it up probably so ignorance is a blessing there. And you can be sure the staff and players at the top tiers account for those known variances between referees. That is not an issue. I agree trying to get everyone in precisely the same place is a task that shouldn't even be bothered with. Its not even an issue as long as their call it interpretations is applied consistently and apply to both teams on the pitch. That is where the biggest frustration comes in. The odd howler will occur and that we'll all have to deal with though more transparency from WR would assist. From an SA perspective and I understand I can only truly speak for myself but the instances I can remember that got me most was not the big howlers although Bismarck getting sent off for a perfectly legit tackle on Carter rankles its the 2011 Aus RWC game that sits very poorly with me. You can't even point to 1 big mistake in that game- its the 57 small ones and the way it seemed different laws were applied to SA and Aus. Lions 1st test wasn't even a 1/4 as bad ITO different strokes being applied to different folks but it had a taste of that and that was a slow boil into big frustration rather than a one-off big call, throwing toys out for bit and getting on with it. The way WR doesn't address atrocious refereeing and hide behinds its curtain is just salt in the wound. But I am rambling now, sorry. [/QUOTE]
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