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Leave friendships in changing room, ref! | Nick Cain

Referees should feel free to have a beer with players after matches, but on the pitch the formalities should be enforced to remind players who’s in charge
Kyle Sinckler is spoken to by referee Karl Dickson

KYLE Sinckler’s two-match ban for swearing at referee Karl Dickson is bad news. It is not just detrimental for the player, but also the match official – not to mention England’s Six Nations chances against Scotland now that their first-choice tighthead has been ruled out of their opening match at Twickenham.

However, the incident could have a silver lining if it becomes a catalyst to arrest the deeper, damaging trend undermining the authority of the referee.
Sinckler’s, “are you f*cking serious?”, comment to Dickson, when the Bristol prop thought Exeter’s Luke Cowan-Dickie should have been ...

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