Rugby Referees Compilation - Wielding power with respect.
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
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A compilation of some moments showing how much power the refs have, how much the players respect them and how they interact with the the teams, often with humour but always informing everyone exactly why they're doing what they're doing.
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I knew that rugby is gentlemen's sport but I never knew that refs are this respected. Great! Greetings from Finland
he said a sport played by gentleman, not pretty boys. let me guess, you're a soccer fan?
can respect your opinion amado. yes, it is a brutal sport, which includes some fighting, but not much anymore. search for football fights and cheapshots, and you'll see that this exists in both codes, there are idiots everywhere, but you must have respect for the game, the ref, and your oponents to play rugby at a professional level. something that does not seem to exist in many other professional sports. you should play rugby, it is a breath of fresh air in a world that's gone a little too crazy. all the best mate... if you're ever in Cebu, Philippines, come and join the Dragons for a game or two, or two hundred :)
Hi Noel, yes rugby is a physical game and I think the professionalism of the game may have contributed to more injuries. Look at the size of professional players compared with the 1980s when the game was still amateur. Imagine being hit by 120kg of muscle; that'll hurt! Anyway, glad to learn the game is being played in your country.
and the respect is reciprocal. players obey whatever decision a referee makes to them
sahiblindberg i like and play rugby (i love it) but the decisions or refs aren't always respected eg dylan hartly and tuilagi
2:55 “…I don’t think we’ve met before, but I am the referee on this field, not you. Stick to your job, and I will do mine….”
That's professionalism personified
"...This is not soccer." Well said Nigel and let's hope Rugby never ever becomes like it.
No it won't because football is entertaining and rugby is atrocious.
+David Ward Ok, to say that is not good. Yes, there are people who dive and act as if they get shot in the face, but just because some do, doesn't mean all will as well. Take this from a Goalie who had to play an entire game with blood soaking into my soccer after I got a large gash in my knee, and I mean large.
+David Ward I will agree that alot of soccer players are spoiled brats who argue with the ref which us totally unacceptable.
They should send an elite rugby ref to assist the ref in a premiership football game. There'd be 5 cards in 5 minutes and they'd soon learn some manners and to stop play acting
@@davidward591 Define full of fairies? thats like saying Rugby is full of eye gougers.
4:27 "For your choice of words towards me, unfortunately we cannot accept you." Love that.
What did the player actually say there to the ref?
Wobbly Bit I think he called him a cunt
As I understand it from comments on other videos that include that clip, it was actually a racial slur (possibly in Afrikaans). I think the assistant ref says it was the 'P' word but I haven't looked to see what that could be as it's almost certainly not a word I want to know. Hope that helps.
There are two major P words in Afrikaans that are swears. One, as Leon Florence stated, means cunt, and is Poes. The other P is Poepol, meaning asshole. Either way, it was disrespectful language and the ref handled it perfectly. Firm, respectful, direct, and brooking no argument, like all sport refereeing should be.
@@vagabond142 Pp
Rugby: Massive men who could crush a referee if they wanted to, with absolute respect and patience for refs.
Football: Little children who throw tantrums and swear right in a refs face
Well said!
assassin8or alright pal, you're tough.
Rugby: a minority sport with an inferiority complex, watched by a pompous and sanctimonious fan base more interested in hating other sports than enjoying their own.
Leifr952, not other sports. Just soccer. No other sport has a more toxic following and player base other than ufc.
@@TJ-kj9ki But why just with soccer (football)? Is it jealousy that the world loves football and is largely indifferent towards rugby?
I'm not the biggest rugby fan, I prefer football myself, but I do have the greatest respect for rugby referees and how they control the game and command respect. I just wish we had this etiquette in football.
It's because rugby players respect referees
It's not only that, there's also the fact that referees aren't hung out to dry when they stamp their authority on the game. Unfortunately in football, whenever a referee tries to do the same, the football media accuse them of making it all about them. And refereeing authorities don't give them the required backing either.
cheating is part of the football culture : fake falls and pain complains into the surface to get a penalty or cards, putting arms up to weigh on decision, going after the referee after every decision made, it begins why the behaviour of coach... if you put a rugby referee in a champions league game today, the match would end early because teams would be reduced to 7 before half time...
to get back sanity in football would required that video take care of this and penalize players and team accordingly even after the end of the game. Maybe the sin bin rule for yellow card would be a start as well.
Tv ref and respect for the boyo on the pitch required for football before I watch it again. Stopped watching in 1998.
I'm more of a rugby fan but from what I've seen watching traditional football matches comparing the refs rugby refs demand respect take no nonsense and make it clear that they are the law on the field not the players something football refs don't do honest if I was a soccer ref and one of those footballers tried screaming in my face like I've seen I'd probably punch him square in the mouth
In Football, a 5'10" guy controls guys of around 5'11".
In Rugby , a 5'8" guy controls guys up to 6'10". A stern approach is required!
*Association Football
Same in American Football. A Running back that's about 5' 11" goes up against a defender 6' 9"
I guess the only time a soccer player goes up against someone taller is a 1 v 1 with the keeper
And the headers. Defenders tend to be tall aswell.
thankyou for that joe, you've cheered me up, no end
Joe Soap Only an idiot or a child links respect to height
So true
The laws of rugby can be complicated and difficult to apply to given situations. That is why it is important for referees to explain their decisions to the players. The best referees do not allow dissent, but they want the players to understand, learn, and improve their play. Their explanations have a teaching component, even at the highest levels.
There won't be a player left on the field if a Rugby ref refed a football game
+Geraint Jones I would love to watch a rugby ref referee a football game haha
Geraint Jones Sadly that'll never happen. Mainly because the game is forfeited when a team gets five reds.
One football ref who never put up with any crap was Collina - the bald headed guy. All the players knew they had to behave when he was on the pitch. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierluigi_Collina
Imagine.."deliberately falling in Penalty box" red card for you
@@Krede11
I only did it once, for my son's team as the scheduled ref didn't show and I'd come straight from refereeing an U16 rugby match to watch him.
The first thing I said to both coaches was to tell their players I wouldn't stand for any back chat or dissent, It would bring an immediate warning and the next incident, a yellow card.
10 minutes into the 1st half a visiting player upended one of the home players. Not a yellow card offence but a free kick. He swung round and said "You're f*****g taking the p**s. Out came the yellow and the coach came straight on spitting his dummy out about the yellow. He got a yellow card as well.
Half time, he came straight over and started moaning. I stopped him and asked what I'd told him pre-match. "I didn't think you meant it" was his response. "Well now you know that I do. Tell your players again."
I still issued 4 more cards in the 2nd half.
"Stick to your job and I'll do mine. (...) This is NOT soccer. Is that clear?"
eal ls wonderful show of authority without being condescending. I hate players rushing the referee in football. Love football but I’d rather start seeing red cards for that idiocy than not. Respect the rule enforcer. That’s it.
I'd love to see soccer players deal with a rugby ref. Half the team would be off by half time, maybe it'd teach them some manners.
Yeah it's definitely not soccer. You can't rob a team in soccer as easily as you can in rugby.
@@Mark-xm1yd Yes you could. Just touch them with a feather and they'll be rolling on the ground clutching their ankles.
Rob away.
@@anarchycastro yes very funny. there are less grey areas in the rules of soccer is what i was implying.
I love how even the giants who could easily brake the referee in half respect what he has to say and don't act up. Greetings from Estonia!
Beware of Putin
“For your choice of words towards me unfortunately we cannot accept you.”
This is a CLEAR example why in rugby we had LAWS and not rules. Laws; MUST be obeyed and there are clear consequences for breaking the LAW. Great game, Great respect!! Good to see.
Yes Kyon, lots of sports have LAWS: Football, Cricket, Rugby League, Rugby Union etc etc
@@FootballFan-hv8uu EVERY single sport you’ve mentioned have RULES not laws. Rugby union has LAWS not rules.
8:10
"It's got to be a clean catch, not a bobble"
Love how he reminded him of how it's played out.
Respect at 5:46 where the offending player shakes hands. Knows he's done wrong and accepts it.
This is extremely refreshing. Poring over video after video of American Football and Baseball and Hockey and Regular Football, and it seems Rugby refs seem the most human and most good natured of the bunch, never arrogant, always making sure to be clear and communicative, and NEVER power tripping. We need more officials like this in other sports.
The thing is, Refs have the power to punish players for talking back or insulting the ref in Rugby. They have multiple ways to handle backchat, from a) marching the team of an offending player 10 metres back (and this can keep going if the player keeps backchatting, seen a team marched back 3 times for backchat before because a player would not shut up, so his team lost 30 metres). to b) a yellow card where the offending player is sent of the field for 10 minutes (and his team can't replace him so they play a man down for that 10 minutes), to c) red card, where a player is sent off the field for good (and his team can not replace him, so his team plays the rest of the game a man down. This is what happened when the guy received a red card towards the end of the video, he called the ref a cheat so was sent of the rest of the game and his team played the game a man down.
So a side effect of refs having so much power is that team-mates generally police their own. Often only the captain is allowed to speak to the ref.
I absolutely love that flopping and disrespecting the refs are not allowed in this beautiful game.
This is why I hate watching foul mouthed soccer players who earn millions.
+Freddie Clark Football*
Rugby is shit
+Chickenrhyme Bessell somebody's salty
football egomaniacs and a lot of their idiot fans could learn from this
Freddie Clark It does frustrate me with how poorly footballers interact with referees. I wish the EPL would instruct referees to act like rugby referees. ie pulling the captains over and telling them to get their teams sorted.
this is the first time I've seen a referee compilation and was actually impressed with both the refs and the players
4:31 the most polite ejection I’ve seen.
5:40
Football/soccer is a gentleman's game played by hooligans.
Rugby is a hooligan's game played by gentlemen.
Damian Rangi i
Damian Rangi no
Damian Rangi - in Wales it's a working-class game - gentlemen? No. Authority of the ref unquestioned? Yes.
No, modern rugby is a sissy's game played by sissies.
Mark2 - find your nearest rugby club, go in and tell them that - especially after a few pints. I'm sure they will accommodate you.
The Hartley Red Card was Epic.... and in a premier final just made it Legendary
he finally got what he deserved the twat
I’m from America and haven’t really had any exposure to rugby. I played hockey growing up and this sport seems to share a similar “code” of respect - despite how violent the game is. I like it!
Probably the most respected officials, they are so calm - and to the credit of the players, they have good discipline to abide with his direction. Team all the way, no individual selfishness.
nigel owens is a legend
2:50 The way he segues into "I don't think we've met before but I'm the referee on this field" is brilliant.
Not just a legend but an absolute boss.
He is the best referee, love watching any game he refs, just tells it how it is and lets the game flow which is awesome!
Nigel was on the BBC's "Desert Island Discs" radio programme this month, and it was a revelation. He's been through some very dark times.
Yeah he is a great guy and I think respected immensely around the rugby world as a ref. I am also a fan of Craig Joubert
French referees above average?!? Maybe on a island full of blind people! (Or Irish referees).
And not all Welsh - remember one Derek Bevan?
I do agree on Nigel Owens though - been without peer for many years. I, too, enjoyed Chris White of England - he was massively underrated and under-utilised for key match-ups. Hot on Owens' heels presently is Glen Jackson of New Zealand.
Its just that these rugby men are huge and muscular and the refs are small and most short, yet these players learn to adress refs as sir. Rugby is truly a gentlemans game. #RugbyFamily
American football players could learn a thing or two about respect from Rugby players.
Dylan Hartley, New Zealands 'gift' to English rugby that keeps on giving. He is all yours.
I love that "you know what you done". What a boss haha
The bloke being sent off at the end there for calling the referee a 'f***ing cheat' is now the captain of England. Great role model for youngsters coming into the game.
Andrew take the L and the E off your name.
I played Rugby at school for a bit, but in later life I'm certainly no player anymore, or expert or particular fan for that matter, but Nigel Owens is an absolute legend...
Loool Farrel asking the ref if the player had arms involved. A rather rich statement coming from him...
Rugby refs seem much more confident because they have to be, but also they have power to back-up their decisions. In so many of these shots you can see the players are absolutely raging, but they know to keep it all on the inside. They can punch a locker when it's all over.
I love the french referee at around 7:15 that just jumps in the middle of the fight to clear everyone and does so in less than 10 secs
Just watched an ice hockey compilation and had to come to see this example of proper refereeing and respectful behaviour to calm down.
4:12 I thought it was George Gregan at first haha
+Bevan Chu Me too, but then I realised he couldn't have had the same shirt as the referee hahahah
+Bevan Chu
me 2
hahaha when the refs wear the wallabies' jersey
at least it was not just me I was confused why George was giving a card to another player
Lmao same
This is why I'm starting to love rugby more and more. I used to love football but it's now got to the point where it is appauling.
Fucking love Nigel Owens' refereeing
I spent my life watching football, almost every game that was on TV, in fact I looked forward to matches as a highlight of my day. Then I eventually just got utterly sick and tired of the behaviour of players - the screaming, pushing others and refs around, play-acting, diving, trying to get others sent off etc., etc., etc..................... That was about 15 years ago. I cancelled my Sky TV package because it was costing a fortune and I never watched football any more. Such is my utter disgust for anything to do with football. If football results come on the news, I have to walk out of the room or change channel! I usually go to Tesco to do my shopping when England play in a tournament - the place is deserted and it's bliss! But strangely, I switched to Rugby all those years ago and love it, a large reason being the way the game is run and respected by all. Well bloody done!
welcome to rugby brother....i had exactly the same thing....!!!
Similar experience to me but with Australian Rules Football. The game is filled with floppers, complainers and sooks nowadays. I feel like Rugby is how sports should be. I'm enjoying the six nations right now!
Somehow I think football has coped with your decision.
When we played in high school. The ref was one of our teachers, whom we didn't like. But as a ref he was great. Still can't explain it. It was like a father figure. Not a problem. Much love Refs everywhere.
I love this, I wish more of the major sports in america were refed like this. (NFL, NBA, MLB, etc...)
I wish we had this in football.
Don't lower yourself to rugby's pompous standards.
@@yourdad1057 A death threat, eh? Not exactly the kind of gentlemanly conduct preached by rugby, is it? Go sit in the sin bin for 10 minutes like a good lad.
@@Leifr952 pro if i get too close 2 u you would probably fall down and have a seizure like all other soccer players...
@@yourdad1057 Look at you getting all excited and threatening strangers over the Internet. Bless! Anyway, who said anything about soccer (football)?
@@Leifr952 bro your ass been replying 2 comments tlkin about soccer ..and dont act like i aint telling the truth
One thing I hate about NRL is the fact that the players think they have so much power over the refs. Any decision the ref makes ends up being thrown back at them, that's why there's 4 (5 including video). I feel if the ref MAKES A DECISION on a play, good or bad, then the players should follow that decision. Let the board review it to them after the game, and if it is a major incident then stand them down for a couple weeks, but now they second guess themselves way too much and slowing the game down even more.
Also the players need to pull there head in and just accept what the ref says. If they don't like the decision then tough, if the ref missed something, mention it in the next break of play for review. Don't tell them how to do their job every break down.
if only we could put rugby union refs who get respected with NRK refs..
thats bullshit
Rugby league is mutilated version of rowdy soccer.
Rugby Union is a Gentleman's game.
Hockey refs used to be great like this :( Derek Sanderson recently told a story about a bench brawl in Boston on (I believe the game he's talking about, the plot matches at least) November 8th, 1970 against Montreal, it lasted for several minutes and started spilling into the stands so they sent both teams to their dressing rooms and added the remaining 4 minutes of the period to the end of the game, and when they dealt out the penalty minutes at the beginning of the third there was only 32 - 3 sets of matching 5 minute majors for the 3 pairs of fighters, and the only man power advantage was for the 2 minute tripping minor that started it all. They only started throwing ejections when it began to impact the flow of the game or was obviously dirty or uncalled for...
1:14 I need to know what Alun Wyn Jones did to get that telling off from Nige 😂
Farrell should have had the penalty reversed against him for that, if another player showed that attitude he wouldn’t have gotten away with it.
I don't know if we have met before, but I am the referee on this field. CLASSIC!
Owen farrel. The king of late tackles. Awarded a penalty for being hit late. Meta
2:49, the best line of any professional sports event, ever. Nigel, your reputation is well deserved.
i love nigel owens! he's so commanding its hard to ignore him!
5:31 nothing but "you know what you've done" and he goes off to the bin
that's amazing
Oh man, I LOVE THIS!
THIS is a MANLY SPORT! RAW, STRONG AND STILL WITH ALL THE RESPECT AT EVERY MOMENT :)
Toughest sport in the world to referee. That's why these guys are tops. And that is why we can all enjoy a good flowing game.
Rugby used to have huge problems with its players' and fans' conduct. Football still does. Over the last or so 20 years the Rugby Associations have been doing exactly what the Football Associations should also have been doing to improve the sport.
From a football fan.
Rugby never has had any problems even when it was amateur.
Agree with WELLBRAN. I have played, coached, refereed and watched rugby union for 50 years. There was never a time when players behaved at all like soccer players on the field, to each other or to the referee.
We definitely need some of this in Football. Desperately.
I did not know why they were calling it Gentelmen's game before this video.The amount of respect to the ref makes it worth watching.
Oh god I wish we had some of those English rugby refs in the NRL...wonder how much carry-on the likes of Thurston, Gallen, Graham, Smith et al would get away with then! Imagine when one of those big-name captains got sent off for the first time! It would be marvellous!
I don't know much about this game but those two in green jerseys coming and look at me like that?? Fcks sake. And after a yellow card he just sits on the bench? That is respect
2:54 I don't think we met before, but I'm the referee AMAZING!
Referees get respect because they command respect. I find that it's a matter of personality. Even in football, there were some referees that would not take any crap, but many are sorta pushovers.
"Talk to your new captain" fucking savage
8:17
I love how he knows the first names of everyone
2:50 love that Specsavers ad on the back of the refs shirt xD
Oh god, I can't put into words how much I wish it was like that in football. It would be so easy to implement and it would improve the game sooo much!
I'm a football fan and I appreciate the respect that goes on in rugby but if the fans are all about 'respect' as well then they need to stop going off on football in the comments.
100% agree. Ruggers are utterly incapable of praising their sport without comparing it with football.
Nigel Owens is the best ref our beloved sport has seen, he takes no sh@t and the players respect him, love watching him work, love his comments too
nigel owens is brilliant
I attended an sanfl game this weekend and was shocked at the abuse from spectators towards the refs and the other team. The racism was shocking and abuse so uncalled for.
I’ve never played rugby and only watched a couple of games on TV but I have to say that I love the respect the players show to the ref and the spirit the game is played in.
The referees are awesome. They take no prisoners.
Good on those officials and even better on the players for showing such class and taking their medicine like men.
Just imagine of football referees were miked up. It would break the *bleep* machine! Total respect to these rugby refs.
This is a rugby video so why bring up football?
I do not know the rules for rugby. But there is a LOT of respect there. These referees are in absolute control of the game. They are NOT fucking around.
I remember from my days playing rugby that I would get an absolute rollocking for talking to the ref. I wasn’t the captain so it wasn’t my job. As a scrum half the ref spoke to me a lot but unless he was asking me a question I would talk to my captain and he would raise any issues with the ref.
After watching the football world cup, its such a relief to see the respect afforded to the officials. When he makes a decision he never has 5 people from one side surrounding him yelling at him telling him he's wrong. It's a breath of fresh air
This is a rugby video so why bring up football? All you're doing is exposing rugby's collosal inferiority with football.
Calling the ref a "fucking cheat" is about the most surefire way to fuck your team out of a game.
These big hulking seven-foot plus men...with even bigger respect for officials..no bitching or talking back! Respectful Men 👍
6:44 he'd already committed to the tackle before the ball was offloaded. Technically a late tackle (just), but play probably would have just carried on if the other guy had taken it and not retaliated.
Edward Lack It’s because Farrell had just come back from a serious knee injury and Wood had deliberately targeted his knee. Apparently the whole team had been doing that the whole match as well but they were England team mates at the time so I think all was good in the end
I like that ref @ 9.30 the player in white was lucky the ref was so accommodating.
Hartley and Ashton deserve cards every time they play.
I remember playing rugby as a boy and the ref making me shake hands after a fight. rugby installs great behaviour on or off the field.
The same happens in many other sports. Rugby doesn't have the monopoly on respect.
Nigel Owens is the best referee in any sport ever!!!! I would have loved him to ref any sport I ever played, he is fair but firm. Love It
As a young football ref you can learn so much about conversation with players by watching this. But I also wished there would be as much respect for the ref and the opposing team in football as there is in rugby.
+vanScoota For players at a young age there isn't a great amount of difference between the sports but as adults I've always been treated with respect with the exception of one coach (I think he had a few).
This is a rugby video so why bring up football?
My all time favorite sport.
Enjoyed playing it primary school and high school. Respect🎉🎉🎉
this is respect for often very small men refereeing games with giants. the referee is in charge no matter what is said his decision is final.
Absolutely fantastic respect! Lovely!
All kinds of respect to Rugby Officials but Nigel Ownens is the G.O.A.T. Solid A. F. IS and brings out the Best of every game he refs.
2:54 - "I dont think we've met before but Im the referee on this field..."
That cracked me up. Great refereeing
Great to see both codes of rugby in the video
Thanks for including the other side of the coin. League.
Why on Earth can't soccer have a ref microphone? It would make the game so much more interesting.
Because footballer are dicks who swear at and abuse refs
SGT Norgan well then just show it after 9 o'clock so we can hear what's being said
@@master_Blaster91 Big up the 9pm watershed
Because football doesn't need to stoop to the standards of a minority sport like rugby.
Massive football fan and find rugby boring, but fuck me what a gentleman’s sport! Credit to the refs and the players... RESPECT
wow and refs in soccer get treated like shit
that's normallyh because they make bad decisions. they don't have an on call video system to check fouls and so on. Football players have to dive in order for fouls to be given to them. Football refs assume that it is not a foul if you don't go down. I'm not condoning diving, i just understand why it happens. Bad referring gets you Bad Reactions
PP Hyjynx great example, because there is not reply the only contact that are called as fouls are when someone goes down. This insensitives diving and not keeping your feet after contact, if refs judged contact not the man going to ground the game would be much more fun
Tom Wood - what a legend!
I love the fake look of shock on their faces after they’re just stomped on someones head or call the ref a fuckin cheat
'This is not soccer, is that clear?' - essence of this video
But how rugby secretly wishes it was soccer (football)
Respect exists in all ALL sports, not just rugby. These haughty implications need to stop.
rugby has a code of conduct players give utmost respect to refs .
First clip should've been an immediate red on 2 blue.
"This is not soccer." Best line ever
Groan.
Whats the go with the two random rugby league clips at 8:30 and 4:54.
just wondering.
p.s go the knights.
Farrell is one of the dirtiest players in the field