Jeff the Ref

This is where I find it so frustrating.

Maul, but guys at front of Maul who are just basically just bulldozing players out of the way for the guys behind them, right?

And I just don't see how that's ever been legal.

And finally it gets called.

Well, it's just so obvious, isn't it?

70 minutes, try denied, forward pass Valentini.

Again, definitely forward.

And if you watch this, it's so far forward.

But what we're looking at is the AR on this side, who you can't be in a better position.

Maybe he could be one or two metres further forward.

But from where he is, that's forward, mate.

Put your flag up.

I haven't seen an AR all season, 16 rounds, flag a forward pass, not one time.

call to be made.

The thing is, again, we've got three matches of huge consequence this weekend in terms of players, in terms of coaches, in terms of representative rugby, how seasons end, whether you get another home game and get that home crowd the gate.

And Carl Budge from the Blues mentioned that last week, how important it was.

It was worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Blues.

And they go down and lay a complete turd in Hamilton and miss out on those coffers.

They missed out a couple of years ago when they lost to the Chiefs late.

I remember him