Do asst referees have an age limit or fitness test?
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Do asst referees have an age limit or fitness test?
Two tries against Connacht today were awarded despite blatantly forward passes. The asst ref on that side was Nigel Whitehouse who is 47 or 48 and he didn't flag either- he was nowhere near being up with the play. Yet at Ravenhill in the past he could see offside by an Ulster winger 30 metres ahead of him!! Surely there should be an age limit and/or fitness requirement for assistant referees?
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Re: Do asst referees have an age limit or fitness test?
gurn up Alex Fergusonfor dog and ulcer wrote:Two tries against Connacht today were awarded despite blatantly forward passes. The asst ref on that side was Nigel Whitehouse who is 47 or 48 and he didn't flag either- he was nowhere near being up with the play. Yet at Ravenhill in the past he could see offside by an Ulster winger 30 metres ahead of him!! Surely there should be an age limit and/or fitness requirement for assistant referees?
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Re: Do asst referees have an age limit or fitness test?
Perhaps they should go to Specsavers!
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