Ref Squad for Sunday

[Neils]

Match officials for Worcester on Sunday. Ref: Ian Tempest
assisted by Sara Cox & Dean Richards. TMO is Claire Hodnett.

[Bloke in North Dorset]

Sara Cox must be getting close to reffing a Premier League match. She's already reffed one of our Premier Cup games and keeps getting good write ups, or more properly rarely seems to get mentioned for making mistakes.

Looking at her Wiki entry she's got quite a bit of international experience as well.

[Horusthewasp]

I find Tempest an acquired taste. Not necessarily because of his rugby knowledge but his attitude is, for lack of a better word, “sharp”. During the Leicester v Sale game a couple of weeks back I got this distinct feeling that Christophe Ridley (TMO) was at times walking on egg shells while communicating with Tempest. On one occasion there was a tackle (by Lavanini I think) where Ridley professionally said he’d checked it over and hands were used but Tempest in a very abrupt (almost rude) manner shut him down and said he wanted to have a look himself. I feel it’s unnecessary and doesn’t bode well for the ‘refereeing unit’.

[Heathen]

I would be delighted to see Sara Cox take charge of a GP match.

She, I am sure, would be better than some of the male spare parts that we seem to get on a regular basis.

[RogerE]

I would be delighted to see Sara Cox take charge of a GP match.

She, I am sure, would be better than some of the male spare parts that we seem to get on a regular basis.

Both Sara and Claire were very good refs at the Women's World Cup, and Sara was excellent when she ref'd us a couple of years ago.

Having witnessed some "interesting" ref performances I think she would be a really good addition to the Premiership panel

[Peej]

Tempest is one of the refs I dread.