Date Posted:Wed, April 22 2009, 8:48:44 GMT-10 Author: Frank Samyia Subject: Re: Referee pairings In reply to:
Greg Pfeiffer
's message, "Referee pairings" on Mon, April 13 2009, 20:23:03 GMT-10
Well Greg, for once, I agree with you. If you are referring to the Dragons v Eels game, it was one of the most poorly officiated games this season. Klein & Suttor were not up to the mark.
I'm starting to think that maybe only one of the referees should carry a whistle and perhaps the other a penalty flag, similar to what is used in the NFL. But that is another debate all together.
So yes, definitely there needs to be more thought put into the coupling of the on field officials.
>It has been interesting to see the pairings each
>weekend. I am surprised that Ashley Klein, with no NRL
>experience, gets paired with a rookie (even allowing
>for Ashley's SuperLeague experience). I would have
>thought he would have been paired with someone like
>Steve Lyons or Matt Ceccin who have had some decent
>NRL experience.
