Don’t mind viewing a good tussle - tho’ whether
in best interest of the game, embarrassingly its
per se rests with a referee; well actually four of
‘em to be pedantic, plus a ‘reserve’ we’ve been
lead to understand and therein lies the ‘ordeal’;
they never seem to get themselves ‘sin-binned’
for inept arbitration but in this game Wellington
19 v Taranaki 14*, there was room to spare for
Failing to see th’ much bigger picture available
than paranoid adjudication myopia presents as
a usually acceptable perspective - well as both
both teams played the referees on whim it was
an even contest, relatively - or could’ve been if
we’d managed a sin-binned umpire or three
© 15 August 2015, I. D. Carswell
* 2015 ITM Cup, game #2
