It's that crucial time of year when Australia's rival footy codes are in the closing stages of their seasons. The AFL grand final is next weekend, with the Cats and the Hawks to do battle, while the NRL is down to the Storm, Sharks, Warriors, and Sea Eagles.
Have you been left bewildered by Olympic judges such as those at the diving? Are they in need of urgent trips to the optometrists?
It might be just me, but does anyone else find Rugby Union one of the most frustrating games to watch in the world?
Maybe it was the presence of the Pope in town but didn't the refs seem awful Christian this week? Not even video ref Graeme West could help steer from the trend of upsets when he ruled out a touch-and-go Adrian Purtell try in the corner.
As another State of Origin series winds down, all I have to be glad about is that I don't have to put up with the idiocy of Tony Archer.
Maybe players in the future could take to the ref like the player in the United States did last week when he felt wronged? A Delaware player, after being shown a red card, bit the ref on the chin. He faces court this week. Ref faces plastic surgery later this month.
Sport officials: the most abused men on the planet, or pretty close to it. No matter how well they do, someone is going to take issue with their performance.
It's hard for me to admit this, I should really bite my tongue, but did Tony Archer give himself and his merry men that much needed uppercut they deserved after Origin I or not? Maybe Mal Meninga's complaints to the media worked but from touch judge referrals to "Ref's Call" decisions (Hannant's try was adjudicated to a T), Archer barely put a foot wrong.
Ben Cummins, give yourself an uppercut or two mate. At least to show you are man enough to admit your performance on Friday night's match was akin to a bad Adam Sandler comedy.
In answer to your question posed last week Brendo, YES; umpires, refs, touch judges, third officials, and especially after the weekend just gone, the muppet that rings the full-time siren should be undermined. Resoundingly yes!
