Daniel Anderson appointed as new NRL Refs boss

[Pugzley]

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/daniel-anderson-appointed-as-nrl-referees-boss/story-e6frexnr-1226515282295

The Daily Telegraph can reveal Anderson will be appointed tomorrow as the high-performance director of refereeing for three years.

Under a bold new structure, veteran referee Tony Archer will retire to become one of two full-time coaches.

The other coach will be Englishman Russell Smith, who has been in an acting role since the sackings of Bill Harrigan and Stuart Raper last month.

The three appointments have been approved by the independent commission and will be confirmed at a press conference later this week.

Most of those interviewed for the role, including dumped Roosters coach Brian Smith, were being informed this afternoon they had missed out.**

Sweeping changes include appointing referee Bernard Sutton as coach of the Toyota Cup emerging referees.

 

[TheDalek079]

no more Archer reffing!!! YAY!!!!!

 

[East Coast Tiger]

Won't make any difference.

 

[adamkungl]

The change that needs to happen is to completely seperate referees and rule-making and provide clarity on the rulebook.

Refs are there to enforce the rules, not develop them. Grey areas over obstructions, grounding, strips and holding down in the ruck need to be cleared up.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

I hear he doesn't get along with Polynesian referees.

 

[Charlie124]

Archer was probably the only referee worth feeding this season. I'm actually disappointed to hear of his retirement.

 

[LineBall]

The change that needs to happen is to completely seperate referees and rule-making and provide clarity on the rulebook.

Refs are there to enforce the rules, not develop them. Grey areas over obstructions, grounding, strips and holding down in the ruck need to be cleared up.

I'd add coaches to that list as well. They all want the rules changed to suit their own team.

 

[Canard]

No room for Buderus??

 

[firechild]

Archer was probably the only referee worth feeding this season. I'm actually disappointed to hear of his retirement.

This. Archer has probably been the best ref for the last 5 or 6 years.

 

[Patorick]

What chance Brian Smith replaces him on ABC?

 

[herbert henry1908]

I think it's a good appointment.

Anderson is a really smart operator and speaks with great intelligence about the game.

 

[bottle]

Can I be the first to say...
Worst refereeing in the history of the game.
Needs to be sacked.

Just getting in early.

 

[Evil_Mush]

So Shane Hayne is now the senior ref - most matches of the active refs with 278 (ahead of Jason Robinson on 188) now that Archer's hung up the boots.

That's a bit worrisome. Maybe this will finally be his year to be awesome!


http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/NRL/referees.html?order=num

 

[_snafu_]

I wish it was Brett Suttor that was retiring - easily the worst ref.

 

[gronkathon]

What chance Brian Smith replaces him on ABC?

Oh Jesus!

He & Wok together would put listeners into a coma

 

[Canard]

How many weeks before Skeepe calls for him to be sacked?

 

[bottle]

How many weeks before Skeepe calls for him to be sacked?

Too late. I got in first.

 

[Canard]

Haha, wont stop ol Skeepy though

 

[carlosthedwarf]

Shedding a tear for ABC's radio coverage.

 

[super_coach]

Good move, but anything would be better than the Ego mad man we had before in Harrigan. With Bill he worked from his own rule book, the same one he used as a whistle blower, it will be good to get back to the real rule book