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Hugh Watkins

@hughwatkins

Area Manager for ITEC Skills and Training. Ex Pro Referee. Ex Head of Match Officials HKRU Views are my own

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calendar_today04-02-2009 19:41:08

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Let’s build a coaching team around Mark Jones, Steve Dandy Richard Hodges and Adam Jones. Then build from there over next 4 years.

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This is why everything is wrong in Welsh Rugby. A local club playing their last home game of the season on Feb 15. How can they survive?

This is why everything is wrong in Welsh Rugby. A local club playing their last home game of the season on Feb 15. How can they survive?
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Total shambles at this level. Should never have restarted the game until someone goes off. Where’s the team of 4 ? Very poor

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Outstanding 1st half from young referee Ben Connor. Communication is excellent and very cool and calm. Future is bright for him 👍

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I had 1st hand experience of how corrupt the South African television directors are. You need a strong TMO to ask for the correct angle they will show you everything but.

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Rugby needs to bring back only in the act of scoring should the TMO be called in. Like the old days, it worked fine then. Far too much TMO interference that takes away the ethos of refereeing.

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I’ve said it before, the use of the TMO in rugby is killing the game. Let the referee in the middle make decisions. He will get some wrong but coaches, players and fans will respect it. This is overkill IMO.

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Sorry to bang on about the role of TMO but I am a rugby fan as well as ex referee. Stuart Barnes has this spot on. World Rugby need to do something urgently to fix this.

Sorry to bang on about the role of TMO but I am a rugby fan as well as ex referee. Stuart Barnes has this spot on. World Rugby need to do something urgently to fix this.
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Watching Bath V Bristol, how Welsh Rugby needs games like this. Outstanding rugby. Then an outstanding 1st half display from Christophe Ridley.

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From my experience with Michael Chieka, he will go ballistic if Leicester lose. It’s his last game in Prem so he will let loose. I can see he’s losing it and it’s only half time.

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Have to say Henry Pollock is a great player in an expansive game. Will suit Lions against Australia in test series I think. Against a more physical side like SA not so much. However I like what he brings to the team, energy , physicality and annoyance.

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Huge congratulations to Hong Kong China Rugby for qualifying for RWC. A wonderful achievement and opportunity. One man deserves credit for this is Dai Rees. His vision and hard work prior to this has paved the way for the current set up.

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With the Welsh Women’s World cup starting against Scotland on August 23rd in England. Why the hell are they going all the way to Australia to play 2 tests 26th July and 1st aug. Where’s the sense in this also not forgetting expense in this. Jet lag etc. 😦😦😦

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Feel for Jac Morgan didn’t get in the 23 which I find incredible. I’m not saying this because he’s Welsh but so far bar the opening game he’s been superb. 😦