Trinats2 says...

new_j4a:

BokAvenger, Kiwis would crack open their steinlager regardless of who was ref. You will never be happy regardless of who is the ref, colour of grass, cloour of shirts etc etc. Chill bro !

How was that Justice ?

With regards to the score, it's a tough one. I have the Sharks 38 - 27 Chiefs but crystal ball a bit cloudy due to the travel the sharks have had to do. If they can get some of the substances the Chinese swimmers are using they shouldn't fade !!!

I'm surprised that 16 y/o Chinese swimmer hasn't dissolved in the pool she is that full of drugs !!!!

Posted 00:54 02nd August 2012

new_j4a says...

Good Ref! Very fair. But it seems that whoever is chosen some ignorant loser is going to find fault or use it as an excuse for losing. I think that with all of the top refs (SW, CJ, AR, JK, ML,JP,NO, RP, etc), if they ref a side from the same country, that side is at a slight subconscious disadvantage as the ref is overly cautious to be unbiased and "be seen" to be unbiased.

Posted 09:46 01st August 2012

ruckingkiwi says...

Trinats2, Cooperman is now a closet flammer and a thief, yeah you fixed him up well.

Posted 02:09 01st August 2012

Ramage says...

@Trinuts lol you cant be serious as your leading OZ grown referee is Ian Smith. I rest my case

Posted 15:19 31st July 2012

KiwiLad says...

Trinats2, your improvement model did not work for Quade, Your thoughts?

Posted 08:03 31st July 2012

davodiablo says...

Congratulations go to Walsh . He's faced his demons and now is one of the top refs .

Posted 14:42 30th July 2012

Ramage says...

The problem that many people have on this site is that they fail to accept the fact that Sanza has been forced to drop the neutral referee in favour of merit based refereeing. The reason for this is the sad state of Australian refereeing where apart from Walsh they have nobody who is at the standard to referee a Sanza final. The fact that Walsh is a NZer residing in Austrlia makes no difference as he is considered to be a NZer. Even the IRB recognise this as they have decreed Walsh will not referee NZ in International games. I haven't seen any statement about him refereeing Australia,although the fact he is domiciled here would tend to say he cant referee them either. As for assistant referees the fact the appointments are one each from each country. I could point out, tongue in cheek, that Brown is a South Islander and as one will no doubt have a big chip on his shoulder and have no love of the North Island. Perhaps I could point out that the other assistant is born and bred and educated in Durban which correct me if I'm wrong is Sharks territory. So is Joubert a neutral? If it is good enough to appoint home referees such as Muewessan to be a TMO in a test match I see nothing wrong with the appointment of Williamson as TMO for this match. As for bringing in NH referees I say a huge no to this as this is a SH tournament and it should be those referees who are part of this tournament that should officiate. Just as I do not see SH referees refereeing Heinekin cup matches. Really, the posts asking for so called neutral referees to officiate is a nonsense when the policy is for the best referees to officiate. Had Craig Joubert been appointed, despite he is from Durban, I would have accepted him as I know he is fair and a good referee. The appointments have been made lets support the guys so appointed and wish them well.

Posted 12:21 30th July 2012

BokAvenger says...

Steve "Hollywood" Walsh. I bet the Chiefs are cracking open the Steinlagers already

Posted 11:43 30th July 2012

Trinats2 says...

hayj05:

"I'm a Kiwi & I used to be embarrassed of Welsh"

You could move to Aus and we can turn you into a decent bloke !!!

Posted 10:39 30th July 2012

rugby_rockstar says...

Jeez, three long haul flights in two weeks, a magnificent rugby team waiting for them to walk into their own back yard AND a kiwi ref!!!!! ...A Sharks win would be a legend in the making. Now here's an underdog to get behind.

Posted 09:34 30th July 2012