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Date Posted: Sun, May 20 2007, 15:54:59 GMT-10
Author: Robert Dolheguy
Subject: Re: New Refereeing System
In reply to: kerrod 's message, "New Refereeing System" on Sun, May 06 2007, 0:41:50 GMT-10

>I have a proposal for you.
>
>Some of you may know of a sport that is very popular
>today - Touch Football...bear with me, this is a
>warrented suggestion...
>
>While I do not want Rugby League to turn into Touch, I
>think some of the tactics used by Touch referees
>SHOULD be employed by the NRL and indeed Rugby League
>worldwide.
>
>In Touch, there are three referees, just like in Rugby
>League (two on the sideline, one in the middle)
>however, when the play is close to the sideline, the
>on-feild referee swaps with the sideline referee. This
>way, all three referees rotate throughout the game
>allowing them to crack down on anythign that they
>notice from the sideline. This happens at speed and
>DOES NOT result in the stopping of the game for this
>process to happen. There are no flags used by Touch
>referees, so that rules out any changing over of
>equipment.
>
>I believe that a similar thing has been trialled by
>the NRL a few years ago, but they decided that the
>referee had to stop the game and tell the captains
>that he was going off. THIS WILL NOT WORK, it must be
>done without stopping of play, just like in Touch. A
>game of Touch is faster then League, and the referees
>are constantly swapping with each other.
>
>One thing that you should be aware of is the fact that
>when on the sideline, a Touch referee does not stop
>participating. They still keep moving and talking to
>both the players and the on-feild referee.
>
>The total process means that at the end of the game,
>it should work out that each referee controlled 1/3rd
>of the game.
>
>I belive that the process of having 1 on-field referee
>and 2 touch-judges is outdated and is the cause of
>many of the issues associated with the game of Rugby
>League today. I think that it is time the NRL
>introduced the same refereeing system that is being
>used succesfully by Touch Football throughout the
>world. There are many cross-code referees that
>participate in both Touch Football and Rugby League,
>and from the majority that I have spoken to, they all
>seem to agree with me that the NRL should change its
>refereeing system to the Touch Referees system.
>
>For those Rugby League officials who are reading this
>and agree with me, pass the message around to everyone
>and let them know that there are options availble that
>WILL improve the game that we all love to watch -
>Rugby League!

Why not just take the ref up stairs and let him ref from there and we just put a sing up on the big screen to let the players know what to do and that way the ref can look at replays and get it right.

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