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Steve Walsh - pissed ref

January 25th, 2009 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. News just in that Steve “look at me” Walsh isn’t slotted to ref any of the opening four rounds of the Super 14, owing to “a personal employment matter.” Apparently this is related to an incident in Sydney last month when Steve turned up to the morning session of […]

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Tags: steve walsh · Super 14 · referee

Steve Walsshh - pissed ref

January 25th, 2009 · No Comments

Juan Cote wrote this article. News just in that Steve “look at me” Walsh isn’t slotted to ref any of the opening four rounds of the Super 14, owing to “a personal employment matter.” Apparently this is related to an incident in Sydney last month when Steve turned up to the morning session of […]

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Tags: steve walsh · Super 14 · referee · rugby

Referees for Wallabies Euro Tour

November 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. (Most) refs are people and therefore never perfect. Also, the better you play, the less their performance matters. However, the display on Saturday in Hong Kong from Alan Lewis was a turd of such heinous proportions that it’s not only floated a media stink, it’s also prompted me to […]

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Tags: alan lewis · european tour · hong kong · referee

England vs Tonga RWC’07 teams and preview

September 28th, 2007 · No Comments

Jon Jones wrote this article. Knowing as we now do that everyone hates England, it’s understandable as to why there’s so much interest in this do or die effort tonight for both teams. Tonga also has the meanest fros. Here are a quick few thoughts on the game, plus the teams and […]

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Tags: location · referee · teams · preview · Tonga · Rugby World Cup 2007 · England