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Ref for the weekend
Discussion started by shendy , 19 October, 2017 18:05
Ref for the weekend
shendy 19 October, 2017 18:05
According to the Saints on Twitter it's Ben Whitehouse.
No, me neither - WRU apparently.

Re: Ref for the weekend
Wilson Pickett 19 October, 2017 20:13
Youngish chap, gets a bad rap from mainly irish fans for some poor calls ('twas ever thus). He seems like a decent chap and communicates well with the players. No problems there.

Re: Ref for the weekend
charlieemeriau 19 October, 2017 22:02
Yes the referee should be the least of our worries... a loss with an improved performance will do for me.
not many teams win au stade Marcel Michelin, even though they have not been playing well this season they have amazing players across the park, being a French supporter there are a lot of players that are key for the French team, but for me the threat of Damian Penaud will has to be well managed (the best French young player I have seen in the last ten years), he could well become the French Brian O'Driscoll.

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Re: Ref for the weekend
smitferbrainz 19 October, 2017 22:55
Ben Whitehouse is a very good referee in my opinion.

Re: Ref for the weekend
Wilson Pickett 20 October, 2017 09:53
Quote:
charlieemeriau
Yes the referee should be the least of our worries... a loss with an improved performance will do for me.
not many teams win au stade Marcel Michelin, even though they have not been playing well this season they have amazing players across the park, being a French supporter there are a lot of players that are key for the French team, but for me the threat of Damian Penaud will has to be well managed (the best French young player I have seen in the last ten years), he could well become the French Brian O'Driscoll.

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Yeah that’s a good shout, he’s a real class act, silky player. Although I did watch one match this year when he went missing which gives me cause for optimism.

Re: Ref for the weekend
shendy 21 October, 2017 15:36
Quote:
smitferbrainz
Ben Whitehouse is a very good referee in my opinion.

Not with that call on what should have been Hartley's try!

Re: Ref for the weekend
Matthew 21 October, 2017 17:44
So....

Re: Ref for the weekend
St.Sinner 21 October, 2017 18:52
LOL

Re: Ref for the weekend
MarchingIn 21 October, 2017 19:21
The commentators were actually mocking the amount he was missing by the end of the game - when that's the case you know he's had a total mare of a game.

The game needs refs and it's often a thankless task, so I hope the guy doesn't get too heavily slaughtered for it - but man was he bad.

The TJs and TMO didn't do him many favours mind. That shoulder to the side of the head was a red all day long whilst the Hartley card was borderline a penalty never a yellow. His reffing of the scrum was dreadful too.


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