Why referees have to look the part as well as keep up with the increasingly challenging pace of the game was up for discussion on Rugby Weekly Extra.
THE DAYS OF referees being the least fit people on a rugby pitch were over some time ago, but two top-level officials have explained the lengths you must go to in order to be able to keep up with the action.
“What you realise is that every second breakdown doesn’t cut it anymore, when you’re in a pod system as a forward do you get me? It’s every one, you know.“And I think aesthetics is a lot, particularly when you move up the levels, looking the part is like a non-negotiable almost now.” Cross said that in the modern game the ref is covering more ground than potentially all players accept scrum-halves.
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