Nigel Owens: 'We need to get back to the referee actually reffing the game'

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Nigel Owens, who will become the first to referee 100 Tests on Saturday, is worried that technology in rugby union is ‘being used too much’

The great West Indies captain Clive Lloyd used to advise cricketers to retire when they started to feel “their eyes go, their knees go and their friends go”. It is different with rugby referees, for whom popularity is not a common expectation. Nigel Owens, though, remains a priceless exception to the rule: when he does depart it will feel as if his entire sport has been marched back 10 metres.

 

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Best referee out there by a country mile. Deserves to end his career after next six nations. Agree totally with the over use of the TMO for virtually every on-field decision. Will be missed by players and spectators alike.

Wow! That is rich coming from the man that intentionally makes himself the centre of attention in whichever game he is officiating in.

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Is this an ironic comment from Mr Showbiz

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