Reds v Highlanders
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@Damo said in Reds v Highlanders:
@Stargazer said in Reds v Highlanders:
@Damo Agree, but Berry is a former Reds player. He shouldn't be officiating this game. He's notoriously biased.
Is he really?
I doubt any referees are actually biased. I just don't think it's possible to referee a game with a conscious bias.
A lot of ABs who toured SA in the old days would likely dispute that.
I also watched a match between Hamilton Boys and Hastings Boys where the ref was a straight up cheat. Was during Hikas time. One of my mates who was watching (an Of Plenty-er) actually made a complaint to Waikato Rugby.
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@Stargazer said in Reds v Highlanders:
You just can feel that red card coming .... just wait for it. It will come ...
Potentially a double yellow = red later in the game
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@Bones said in Reds v Highlanders:
@Damo said in Reds v Highlanders:
@Bones said in Reds v Highlanders:
@Damo said in Reds v Highlanders:
@Stargazer said in Reds v Highlanders:
@Damo Agree, but Berry is a former Reds player. He shouldn't be officiating this game. He's notoriously biased.
Is he really?
I doubt any referees are actually biased. I just don't think it's possible to referee a game with a conscious bias.
He's clearly unconscious
He might be rubbish but I won't let you call him a cheat.
If anything he probably be biased the other way.
Eh? I didn't call him a cheat! It was a joke.
Fair enough. Wrong target. My bad.
Nobody should call him a cheat though. I don't believe it's possible.
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@Mattasaurus said in Reds v Highlanders:
Reds miles offside again... No call
Got that one the other way though lol
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@Nepia said in Reds v Highlanders:
@Damo said in Reds v Highlanders:
@Stargazer said in Reds v Highlanders:
@Damo Agree, but Berry is a former Reds player. He shouldn't be officiating this game. He's notoriously biased.
Is he really?
I doubt any referees are actually biased. I just don't think it's possible to referee a game with a conscious bias.
A lot of ABs who toured SA in the old days would likely dispute that.
I also watched a match between Hamilton Boys and Hastings Boys where the ref was a straight up cheat. Was during Hikas time. One of my mates who was watching (an Of Plenty-er) actually made a complaint to Waikato Rugby.
Yes like the penalties that didn’t go through the posts that got awarded.
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So a Reds player blows a Highlanders player out with no arms right in front of the ref and he ignores it. Knob.
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@Damo said in Reds v Highlanders:
@Bones said in Reds v Highlanders:
@Damo said in Reds v Highlanders:
@Bones said in Reds v Highlanders:
@Damo said in Reds v Highlanders:
@Stargazer said in Reds v Highlanders:
@Damo Agree, but Berry is a former Reds player. He shouldn't be officiating this game. He's notoriously biased.
Is he really?
I doubt any referees are actually biased. I just don't think it's possible to referee a game with a conscious bias.
He's clearly unconscious
He might be rubbish but I won't let you call him a cheat.
If anything he probably be biased the other way.
Eh? I didn't call him a cheat! It was a joke.
Fair enough. Wrong target. My bad.
Nobody should call him a cheat though. I don't believe it's possible.
It's definitely possible to have an unconscious bias though. Refs really shouldn't be officiating their team when it's easily avoidable.
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Ref certainly need to be taken to task here.. One team under a microscop other on perpetual play on..
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@Chris said in Reds v Highlanders:
@Bones said in Reds v Highlanders:
Ok game over, I'm just going to watch and enjoy the comedy Hunt now.
Short arsed FBs areHunt is a liabilitythese days.Yes
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@Nepia said in Reds v Highlanders:
A lot of ABs who toured SA in the old days would likely dispute that.
IIRC, one of the Saffa Refs in that era admitted as much a few years back.
Seen some crap refereeing but nothing I'd call biased for decades
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@Bones said in Reds v Highlanders:
That's an AB midfielder
Get him in Black. He’s hands down the most powerful centre we have in NZ.
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If SANZAAR were a professional organisation, they simply wouldn't let Berry ref a Reds fixture. That alone would remove the perception.
