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Steve Lyons and Tony De Las Heras get the punt!

Parra

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Doing this on age basis and not merit is stupid.

It is a leaf out of the IRB book, where you wont see any referee over 40 officiating at the World Cup.

Nothing to do with skill or suitability, just a blanket age ban.

Stupid.
 
Mr Saab

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Kiwi said:
What I want to know is how do knuckeheads like Simpkins and Clarke keep their jobs with the blatant mistakes they made? And they had replay's in front of them to view and still f**ked it badly and cost teams matches.
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Exactly. Hampstead should have been punted too.
 
some11

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Like many have said there are a handful of others who need to go for their indecision and incompetence, Suttor should be booted for being an arrogant prick alone.
 
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ShaneO85

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How the hell Maxwell wasn't first one punted is beyond me. I swear he couldn't decide which sock to put on first without going to the video ref.
 
Quidgybo

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What message is the ARLC sending?

The explanation provided by one of the sacked refs was that the ARLC wanted to go with younger refs. Possible, but a bit harsh without notice.

Is the ARLC getting rid of the two worst performers? Even among all the ref bashing some here say no, finding it laughable that certain others kept their jobs.

Could they be getting rid of two troublemakers? They've got rid of Harrigan and Raper, are they now going after leaders of the mid season revolt against them? Sacking both sides would be a very corporate response.

Leigh.
 
I Bleed Green

I Bleed Green

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Put aside Lyons' and De Las Heras' competence (or lack thereof - although, I don't think they're the two worst of the lot) for a minute, and if what Lyons accuses is true is that he was told "We wanted to go with younger refs" this does open a can of worms for age discrimination cases.

If you or I, as normal workers, were told that in our jobs, then we'd definitely win a case at the tribunal for unfair dismissal.

But can someone be terminated from a job in which they physically need to be able to perform at a high level, and be given the excuse we're going with younger refs? I would say only if the NRL can prove that physically Lyons and De Las Heras aren't fit to do their jobs. I would say that would be hard to prove unless they had some sort of medical evidence. If they used the excuse "we don't think you're performing at the level required anymore" it would've been a lot easier to get rid of them than "we want to go with younger refs", they've sort of opened a minefield there.
 
Talanexor

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NRL should have grown a pair and just said "You weren't good enough" It's not a question of age, it's a question of competence.

Having said that, I think the bigger problem is the video referees. They have all the time in the world, can replay it as many times as they like, have the best view and multiple angles available and they STILL f*ck it up every game.
 
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