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Post by Carnster on Jun 21, 2023 5:29:14 GMT
RU is Referee-centred. Its rules and regulations, even how the game flows is more dependent on the ref than most sports. The game is played in a way that manipulates this factor and its pace makes reffing a much more focused task. RL refs are more reactionary and the pace is relentless. A much harder task in my opinion.
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Post by kilop on Jun 21, 2023 7:37:10 GMT
RU is Referee-centred. Its rules and regulations, even how the game flows is more dependent on the ref than most sports. The game is played in a way that manipulates this factor and its pace makes reffing a much more focused task. RL refs are more reactionary and the pace is relentless. A much harder task in my opinion. Spot on. And the manipulation is why RU have so many penalty kicks. I wouldn't say RL is more difficult though, it's a completely different beast to ref |
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Post by russ on Jun 21, 2023 8:38:23 GMT
RU is Referee-centred. Its rules and regulations, even how the game flows is more dependent on the ref than most sports. The game is played in a way that manipulates this factor and its pace makes reffing a much more focused task. RL refs are more reactionary and the pace is relentless. A much harder task in my opinion. It's rules are ridiculously over complicated even after they removed 100 of them from the books.
RL's pace and to some extent the grey bits make it appear annoying when refs take center stage but it is interesting that if it's one sided it's all about discipline yet when it's both sides being dominated by a ref it's spoiling the game.
Wigan and Saints are clearly years ahead of the field when it comes to playing the ref and more importantly the risk versus reward of dominance.
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