American Reacts to NIGEL OWENS *for the first time*
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As a young man Owens battled suicidal thoughts as he came to terms with his own sexuality. He commented in a interview once that despite all the great games and world cup finals etc that he has experienced , that the best moment of his life was when a mother of a gay teen who was having similar dark thoughts, told him that by his example he had saved her sons life. That's the caliber of the man.
Plus that wonderful Welsh accent.
Awesome guy, openly gay referee, owns the field, has massive respect from the players, legend.
I hope he owns more than one field....on his farm. :-)
He’s great. He’s just retired. Openly a gay Nan and has the total respect of the players. The comment I’m straighter than that throw in is legendary
Gay Nan sounds like a Little Britain or Catherine Tate character!
Nigel Owens is the archetypal Rugby Union Ref. Commands respect because of his knowledge, fairness and sense of humour.
My Nan's gay too
Typo! Man! I have fat fingers
She looks great for a gay Nan :)
He retired last season, but he is arguably the best rugby referee ever. The players have total respect for him. He appears on RUclips videos, often (correctly) criticising sporting incidents.
He was on the phone because his radio link to the video referee had stopped working. Amazing Ref, inspirational for him to have the respect of all the players as an out gay man....and sorely missed now he's retired.....
Oh wow, I'd never heard of this man (I'm not a rugby fan), but what an amazing guy; he knows the rules inside out, takes no truck, and obviously has a track record of carrying out his threats ... play nicely or you're out of the game type of thing. thanks JP - great video.
He is known as the best referee ever. He's retired now
Great referee and, as you can tell from his accent, a great Welshman too. 1:11 - When he declares that the line-out throw was not straight by saying "I'm straighter than that one", it becomes even more cool a comment when you know he is gay. One of the best ref comments ever.
Nigel Owens is a legend. Total respect.
Respect like that between players and refs is the norm in rugby
Good Reaction.
I love Nigel's typical British sarcasm at the very end when the unseen official spent an age explaining that there was no reason not to give a try and Nigel simply said "So I can award a try !"...lol
"We will listen to Nigel." Damn right. As a fellow gay person it's bloody inspirational how much respect he has from those players.
Watching rugby for years this guy was the best ref total respect from the players. Super video Joel
I've seen clips of new young referee who was using Nigel's style of refereeing just can't remember his name. One thing that was often not mentioned was that when Nigel went overseas to referee international games he would always go to a local school and take part in a coaching session for boys and girls
That new young referee sounds like Ben Whitehouse, maybe it's him you're looking for?
@@phs15 Yes it was him, thank you
@@Westcountrynordic no problem mate, glad I could help!
Nigel Owens is an excellent referee a man I would want in charge to officiate at any important or crunch rugby match. Years ago there was a cricket umpire Harold bird commonly known as Dickie Bird he was competent umpire international level no one would question is impartiality
My favourite Nigel Evans quote was "I don't think we have been introduced, I am the referee!"
He was one if the most respected refs in the game by the players so much so that he is one of the very few, if only, ref to have been alowed to referee a match involving his own country.
A PROUD WITH PRIDE WELSHMAN 🏴 AS HE SAID A FEW WEEKS BACK 'I'M A WELSH FARMER, RETIRED RUGBY REF AND LOOKING FOR FARM HUSBAND!'
Proud to be welsh because of this legend! 🏴
I love watching anything with Nigel Owens as he's such a perfectionist and respects all the players dispite their body size
He can't be argued with - his understanding of the game, and his relentlessly keen observation of what's going on, make him one of the best rugby refs of all time.
Didn't know who he was, saw it was Rugby not football so carried on watching. What an example! And good to see everyone respond positively to his calm but firm authority.
great to hear the Welsh language commentary when Nigel brings the red card in jest to the ball-boy (2'58"). Nigel also speaks Welsh. The commentator says, "'dyw e ddim yn colli cyfle, 'dyw e ddim yn colli cyfle, ond 'dyw e!" (he doesn't miss an opportunity, he doesn't miss an opportunity, does he). Nigel has been a comedian and presenter on S4C, the Welsh language tv channel when he was younger. Da iawn Nigel!
One of the games when he told the player to come back in two weeks, it was at my teams stadium in the back ground you can see the stand it's where I sit every home game
Nigel retired a year or 2 ago but there's no doubt he's is the best rugby referee of the modern era
Nigel Owens is the absolute legend of the game. He’s fantastic. I love watching him ref. I’m a Munster and Ireland fan.
Owens is like that one chill teacher at school who every respects and never act up with, where if somebody decided to try act cool one day and started hassling “Mr Owens” rather than joining in, everybody else would defend him and be like “nah mate, what you doing, that’s Mr Owens stop being a bellend”
This is the case for most rugby referees in fact, they command the field and the players respect that… for the most part
He is a legend and a fair ref
He has his own youtube channel now, where he comments on Rugby.
He's retired from formal refereeing, but I think he helps out with Rugby at a local school still? He's also a farmer, and you get to see his farm on his new channel. He's missed by players and fans.
That last TMO with his convoluted logic. "There is no reason I can't give you that you cannot award the try". Makes no sense whatsoever! 🤣
Nigel was one of the best if not THE best. He was fair but firm and commanded respect from every side of the game. A few years back he was persuaded to do a documentry about his mental health issues and his attempted suicide. He was in a very dark place because of being gay. When he decided to throw caution to the wind and come out, the out pouring of love and support for this man was unreal. The players had even more respect for him. The Rugby Association of Wales and the referees association backed him 100%. He himself was crying in the programme when he was saying how overwhelmed he was at how the whole rugby community gave him a huge hug and and said we dont give a s--- what you are your ours.
My absolutely favourite rugby referee
Nigel is a Legend!!! Wonderful proud Welsh man ! Retired from rugby he is now a farmer lol
You will notice wether it’s Rugby League or Union the players never argue with the referee.
Not a swear word in sight. Love watching the game. It's a shame that soccer can't do the same.
May have to start to watch rugby as a sport, this guy's fantastic!
Sadly he has now retired
About 4 mins in. He tells the Captain of England who is boss, “Christopher” all that was needed to be said.
Nigel ROCKS!
Number 1 ref of all time and I'm English
This is also how the best teachers maintain discipline.
6:19 Faces only a mother could love. Wouldn't fancy bumping into them down a dark alley
Reason he kept saying stuff like "the soccer pitch is down the road" is because the players have little respect for the ref and it is the tradition that rugby players show respect for the ref and the fact that rugby is for tough players not "play actors" as you must have seen soccer players go down as if a sniper had hit them when there was not even contact.
for me an added bonus to watch a rugby match, great referee, chris from France
“I’m straighter than that one” said by the gay ref . What a lad
He retired last year after refereeing around 100 international games and countless club games. He was and is incredibly good, but many top-level referees come close, and all referees aspire to that kind of approach. Note that in Rugby Union, only the captain of each team may speak to referee unless the referee speaks first, and the referees orders are there to be obeyed. Rugby is CONTROLLED violence, high energy, high speed chess with pieces moving at 35kph , each with a mass of around 130 kg, with little or no protection worn. The rules HAVE to be followed, and discipline must be maintained. Referees have to use their power well and with due discretion.
I believe I'm correct in saying that Nigel Owens was the only Ref allowed to referee a game with one of the teams being his own country (Wales) such was the respect for him.
I've never heard of him before this, but one thing is clear, he is a true Welshman!
Absolute lej. I always knew that if Nigel Owens was reffing, it'd be a good game and if Mike Brown was playing, Nige would have his work cut out. THE best ref. Ever.
Please react to Jonah Lomu, regarded as one of the greatest players in the sport because of how he change the way a game is played. I also recommend Beauden Barrett if you like seeing fast lads outrun EVERY player.
Everyone listens when a person from North Wales speaks..
You have no choice or chance cause the accent is so dominant and they are firm but fair…
Gotta love em! 👊🏻😉
Nigel is from West Wales Carmarthenshire
@@barryisland5097 I’m sure he says north wales while talking to one of the guys…
He sounds From north Wales to me…
My bad…
Maybe my hearing is going with age.. 😛
You learn something new everyday… 👍🏻
@@stihlextreme9357 No probs, just thought I would clear up any confusion
@@barryisland5097 yes mate!
I appreciate it mate!
I would’ve looked like a t**t otherwise one night in the pub and it comes up in discussion… haha!!!
Thanks mate!
We’re all on earth to learn I guess…
Got ADHD as well so that probably had something to do with it lol
Thanks for being kind anyway mate!
Not just rip into me like the majority of RUclips lol..
Hope you’re doing ok and are enjoying this weather mate! 😉👍🏻😎
Best ref ever. Been waiting for you to review this one for ages. Knew you'd love it. Nice one JP
Nigel Owens referred the 2015 World Cup Final.
About 2 weeks later - I don't know the details - he reffed something like a local Under-12s game back home in Wales.
60 years from now, those kids are going to be telling their grandkids they were once reffed by Nigel Owens.
Best referee in any sport. Period.
Great stuff, very typical of Welsh rugby people and a first language Welsh speaker, English being his second language.
JPS, you should check out this Italian football referee, Pierluigi Collina (you can recognise him through his bald head and piercing eyes) - retired now.
NOBODY argues that ref. He's not frightened of any 7 foot tall, 7 feet wide player. Get on with it.... The best ref you will find.
”Off you go”
Rugby is a potentially very dangerous sport. Most players respect their opposition and will take care of anyone seriously injured. Most of all they respect the laws of the game as determined by the referee, who is the final arbiter of law on the field. Nigel was the very best.
Retired but every player of Rugby know him. He is a legend. Retired to his farm with his partner now focussed on running stock on the farm
"You're both acting very immaturely "is my favourite referee quote of all time.
In Rugby, only the captains are allowed to ask for explanations from the referee.
Did you realize that he was sometimes having to referee teams who aren't English speakers? There were two clips of him dealing with the Georgian (from the end of the Black Sea) team, which he did via the captain.
Another legendary ref in rugby league was Fred Lindop, same mould as Nigel!
I think he has retired now. One of the best referees we've had in Rugby. Another referee I rate highly, although now retired is/was Howard Webb in football, he retired some 5 or 6 years now.
He was the Pierluigi Collian of Rugby. You do not mess with him.
Pierluigi Collian was an Italian football referee who took no shit off any football player or coach.
Check out Pierluigi Collian Best Moments video.
Nigel owens is a total legend
Good to hear welsh spoken
That's Rugby, and the players have to respect the refereee, Nigel was the best when he was on the field. Very impartial and fair, but took no bull. Bit like Pierluigi Colina in Football. Very highliy respected official.
Off you go… legend 😆
his comment on the lineout "I'm straighter than that one" was a classic as he is gay (ie bent as some would describe it)
Good choice, Joel, a great man!
Now you just react to Mike Dean, one of the funniest and most unusual referees of any sport. He also was born and raised where I am from
He is the best Rugby re I ever heard off, he is so good that he even got to ref a match for Wales & normally refs don't get to ref games for there home country.
The one thing I do like about Rugby compared to football (the UK one) is that the players respect the refs & call them sir, I don't think I have ever heard any footballer all a ref Sir.
Great referee! One of the best out there, but sadly retired
A yellow gives a player 10 minutes off the pitch - this means 5 to 7 points against your team. This gives a very strong incentive to play a clean game, albeit hard, and not let your team down by getting yellow carded. A red more or less ensures your team loses.
He would also admit it if he made a mistake and apologise. And was never too grand to referee local grass roots clubs.
in any code of Rugby, League or Union, the referee is god,. As rough and tough as the players are, the ref will always bring them down to cowering little children.
Nigel Owens has retired now, but he will always be the greatest Ref. ever!
If only we had that level of respect in football.
The working class of this country used to be largely respectable until Blair and his reshaping of the nation. The working class have been dumbed down to such a degree that it is the norm to act like a hooligan.
@@clairemcfadyen1036 lol what are you talking about?
Football players have always shouted at refs.
@@JD.Knight I'm talking about the complete degradation of our society. It's pretty simple. The working class have been reduced to an ignorant and violent underclass, which spills over into football. Football players, fans and the game itself is now completely different.
@@clairemcfadyen1036 sounds like you have been brainwashed by the tory propaganda machine. Have a day off.
@@JD.Knight Not a Tory. Sounds like you've lost the inability to discern the truth of what is happening.
If there isn't a book of Nigel Owens-isms, there really should be.
His comment of 'this isn't soccer' is a reference to the fact that football players always scream at the ref and show them hardly any respect at all.
There was a match where he had to go to the TMO. The commentator said "let's hear what he has to say" but the interaction was entirely in Welsh. Sadly I can't remember what the match was.
if you want to know more about him, he was interviewed on a sports chat show by Clare Balding,.
Mutual respect is what the game is all about.
Top bloke, top ref = legend
Nigel is a Legend he is now retired and lives on his farm with his partner! He breeds cows lol
Nigel Owens is one of the most respected refs in the world by not only the fans but also the players. Both Rugby Union & Rugby League refs are respected by the players. Such a shame that football players don’t afford that same respect to their refs.
Legend!
You have to watch Pierre Luigi collina, the Italian football ref.
Masterclass in referring
A lot of players go for a pint together after game best of buddies
For a gay man he's amazing in a dominate game of massive men evry1 respects owems he's the best referee in world rugby top man brilliant real trail blazer 🇬🇧🙏👊
One of the most uncorruptable rugby union referees. He called it right down the centre. No favoritism that's what you need in a game of rugby.
He’s retired now.
He’s 🏴 Welsh too! He speaks Welsh normally, why don’t you have a look at one of the worlds oldest languages!
you want to try some music videos, like queen at live aid
He's a gay, I believe single man, but I was just imagining how he would be with a son and daughter, for example....."Put your phones away at the dinner table, if the dining table was the place for social media and computer games I'd have served you a plate of motherboards, a side of computer chips and a few tiny screws but its not so leave your phones in your bedrooms and sit down and eat or dinner", or "I won't have you playing football in my house, if you want to play that game the field is 100 yards from here", or "If you don't clean up your room by tomorrow I'm issuing you with a yellow card, if you talk back to me I'm issuing you with a red card and you can sleep in the dog kennel and I'll give your room to the dog". etc. etc. LOL
I still reckon you should watch Ronnie Barker stuttering sketches from open all hours.
You want a new comedy series to watch after the inbetweeners try some mothers do ave them.
Watch more rugby matches - referees are the bosses on the field, and unlike in football (soccer) where all the players swarm the referee - they will NOT tolerate that kind of behaviour, only the captain of a rugby team can discuss things with the ref to a certain point, but everytime a player shows dissent or unsportsmanlike behaviour a referee will overturn penalty decisions or march a team back 10 metres up the field.
It is quite possible that a referee could march a team if they dissent or protest too much - all the way back to their goal line.
PLEASE CAN YOU TURN UP THE VOLUME ON THE VIDEOS YOU REACT TO... thank you
I'm straiter than... he's gay ;-) Legend!!
You should react to some football (soccer) refs
You might find this video interesting. Maybe a bit long to do a reaction to but explains what made him the man he is...
ruclips.net/video/HYYM9QnNrbM/видео.html