I refereed my VERY FIRST EVER RUGBY MATCH yesterday.I am very pleased. I was unsure of how I would do. I'd been having trouble with the test and any practice quiz I could find on the web and I couldn't understand why I couldn't put it all together.
My biggest fear was that I would be so confused and present such a useless pressence that the players would take the matter into their own hands and start retaliating for things I didn't call or didn't call correctly.
Well, that didn't happen and it went rather well. I was asked to come back which is always a good sign.
I say that "we" did it becuase I was impressed with the way the young men and coaches of both teams, Lake Forest and UIC knew the game and conducted themselves. They made my first game much easier than I had expected. A big thanks goes out to them.
The result? Well Lake Forest (home) won 48-0.
I was questioned once on a call, at half time and the player turned out to be right (I checked my lawbook which was close at hand). I told both teams what the law really was and that we would play it that way after that. I was also asked by one of the coaches to watch the lineouts for not throwing straight. I think I cleaned that up pretty well after that.
So everyone had an enjoyable game of rugby and no body got hurt through mallace. I think there were a couple of concussions, but that's nothing really. This is Rugby.
One man did have a broken jaw and I hope he gets well soon.
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SO...2 concussions and a broken jaw qualify as "no serious injuries"? I might agree if I knew how bad the cuncussions were....say, what was I talking about again?
I didn't say "no serious injuries: here. You must have read that in the Donut.
In actual fact, I had forgotten about the broken jaw because it was near the very beginning of the game, until I wrote this post (which was after the Donuts post).
I said here that no one was hurt through malice and I'm pretty sure they weren't. It was all accidental.
As long as all those dead or maimed bodied on the field weren't done through malice, I guess that makes it okay? Oh my boys, I'll never get this!
Love you always!
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