Alan Lewis

The scrum and the tackle are the two really contentious areas of the game. If you get those two aspects right, most rugby matches will work in your favour. ↗

— Alan Lewis

#aspects #contentious #favour #game #get

But then southern hemisphere teams are more skilful than their northern hemisphere counterparts, which means games can be easier to referee. ↗

— Alan Lewis

#easier #games #hemisphere #means #more

Coaches will do what they can but it doesn't necessarily bother me. You are an international referee for a reason. If things like that are going to ruffle your feathers, don't bother doing the job. ↗

— Alan Lewis

#coaches #doing #feathers #going #international

I have three tools at my disposal - my whistle, my body language and my talk. It is a question of how I marry them up to try to get the players around to my way of thinking. ↗

— Alan Lewis

#body #body language #disposal #get #how

If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer. ↗

— Alan Lewis

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My job is to persuade people to toe the line and play within the laws of the game. ↗

— Alan Lewis

#job #laws #line #people #persuade

The objective of a referee is not to get mentioned. I tell a lot of young referees that not being mentioned is king. If you can achieve that, that then it has been a pretty good game. ↗

— Alan Lewis

#been #being #game #get #good

You have got to boss scrums. The players need to know what you want them to adhere to. Then it is up to them to decide whether they are adhering to that or not. ↗

— Alan Lewis

#adhering #boss #decide #got #know