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Round 23 - Broncos vs Rabbitohs
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[QUOTE="BroncsFan, post: 2969670, member: 9052"] For me the issue with the second ref is more so about them having zero responsibilities. If you look at a sport like the NFL they have about 8-10 referees on the field, the difference with their sport is that every one of those refs is responsible for a certain area of the field and their decision is final. In the NRL the assistant ref may as well replace his whistle with a flag because realistically we play with one ref anyway and they never use their whistle unless they find themselves suddenly in the main role after a change of possession. At times you'll hear the assistant call for penalties but the lead ref will just ignore them. Why are they even there with a whistle if their interpretation can just be ignored. For me all 4 onfield officials should be utilised and should have responsibilities. At the moment touchies just mark where it goes out, tell the ref they should check the grounding and completely miss or make non calls on forward passes. Touchies should be responsible for certain aspects that happen on their side of the field, especially anything that happens on the blindside of the ruck. There is no way the main ref can tell what has happened in a ruck on the blindside so the touchie should have the final call if say a ball comes loose. Also for me the blindside touchie should always be inline with the ruck so they can make calls on forward passes. For the assistant ref they should be a dedicated official of the ruck, they are close enough to tell the defenders to get off, determine if there is a strip, crusher, crowding, etc. if they see a ruck infringement they should be the one blowing the whistle. The main ref should be managing onside/offside, markers not square, high shots, etc. and if they see any infringements not seen by the ruck official ie anything that occurs in front of the ruck that the assistant can't see. At the moment everything seems to be with the main official and there is absolutely no responsibility and therefore no accountability for any of the other officials. [/QUOTE]
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