Connect with us

Six Nations

Officials aren’t pals

IT’S time to bring greater formality to the way officials talk to players. There are times when it sounds like a happy-clappy kindergarten, with player nicknames and first names being used by refs – until they have to minister to a French or Italian whose first name has passed them by.
Far better to call the skipper ‘captain’, and any other player by his position or shirt number, rather than the obsequious ‘Jonny’ or ‘Billy’. There’s nothing wrong with elite referees being on cordial terms with players, but they should be reminded they h...

Continue reading...

Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day!

SUBSCRIBE

Already a subscriber to our website? Login

Related Topics
 

Tackle the News

- Sign Up for our weekly Rugby Newsletter
Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.
Your subscription has been successful.

The Rugby Paper

The best betting sites

Globusbet

the best minimum deposit £5 casinos casinobonusesfinder

Full list of UK betting sites at BookiesBonuses.com kasyna akceptujące paypal

online casinoFill Your Boots

free bets

online bookmakerFull list of UK betting sites at BookiesBonuses.com

GGBetBanner Depicting Therealefl.co.uk an affiliate site for Licensed UKGC Football bookmakers.

More in Six Nations