THE sheer perversity of referees helping time wasting goal kickers looking to run the clock down by helpfully counting down the seconds has warranted mention before in this column but it’s time for another boot up officialdom’s backside.
The otherwise impressive Adam Leal is the latest offender helping Jamie Shillcock to eke out the 90 seconds allowed for a conversion late in Tigers’ Prem Cup win at Ealing last Sunday.

To repeat. Referees should not collude with a goal kicker over this. It is the goal-kicker’s decision to play clever beggars with this little game of theirs. It’s a tactical...