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I agree not sure why the offside is controversial, line is marked from the shoulder, level with the bottom of the armpit which you can score from?

Another one of these after Tyro Mings last year, are the players even coached not to do this? Are we not given a penalty under ‘spirit of the game’?

He played like this in fact scored winning try & match winning penalty. https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxG2AS7c-XEt7VSNWgEdBFMHLUPpdyBACh?si=ZxUAclIQEm0CNrQe

You state two bad reports from two separate matches, so there are likely learnings, maybe not in decision making but other aspects of refereeing? Can you ask a referee colleague to observe/mentor one of your next matches?

I guess my point was, as a football referee we wouldn’t let a player return to the pitch like this & with a shirt stained in blood, whereas rugby does.

Why does rugby have such different blood rules, in football a spot of blood on a shirt is not acceptable yet rugby union play on with open wounds?

My question is why is AR2, telling the referee Robertson is in ‘Line of Vision’? He surely doesn’t have this information, that is for the referee to decide. Chris Kavanagh’s response is “OK, Offside then”. Doesn’t suggest he made any analysis in his mind of why he was deeming it offside...

What are we seeing here? Blue takes the corner, Blue striker ‘may have’ flicked it, Red defender clears the ball. Blue corner taker is now deemed offside, but red was the last player to play the ball. What I am missing that this is offside?

Sexist comment from the crowd, referee abandons match at half time. Will ‘fans’ see an opportunity to get a match abandoned if they are vile enough to the referee? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c709ll70d8go

Two really tight offside calls too. Too close to call but both supportable. 6.56 & 7.30

I agree your post was a fair question, wasn’t calling out any referee or naming him/her. I think we as a forum should be encouraging new members to post without fear of criticism or reprisal. If nobody posts we don't have a forum.

The league appointment secretary, is key here, he or she will have the referee marks, is the individual referee refereeing in the lowest division or vets of that league would indicate they are aware but continue to use said referee. If not then referee marks are possibly higher from the clubs?

From the four offside criteria, are any fulfilled? Did VAR havng already be involved in earlier penalty, count against Liverpool here, given required low involvement of VAR?

I don’t see offside here, your position on the field is not a criteria, did he impact an opponent (GK)? He did the opposite of ‘clearly attempting to play the ball’? Mike Dean says it’s offside because it was inside the six yard area? interfering with an opponent by: preventing an opponent...

On the same theme, are the arms tucked in for the Rangers penalty? Is a second yellow expected? https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxTf7eC1c51MB848Rhy2u-zmtc45HgRGib?si=Rov6eUKRKO7XVr3_

Could we suggest these unintentional handballs need to be impactful? The result is a free shot from 12 yards when the ‘offence’ was nowhere near that.

I think he has got distracted, at the exact moment of the offside, McAllister, who believes he should have got a free kick, is shouting at the AR. This has the caused the AR to look away from the last line of defendersto look at MacAllister, unfortunate but understandable...

Would you still think for a newbie referee, trying to keep it simple is, ‘try & run a diagonal, move to the left as play transitions so you are looking in at tackles form the side’. When you mentor a brand new referee, positioning is usually an issue. Trying to explain a lazy S, with all the...

His team could have been smarter too, stand in front of the corner taker, until he's back in position. :)

Anyone penalising the GK here?