England Quiz Choice of Referees

This is from the NRL website England coach Steve McNamara says the system for choosing referees for the Four Nations final needs to be addressed, but insists he has no problem with Australian Matt Cecchin being in charge of Saturday's decider against the Kangaroos. NRL whistleblower Cecchin was chosen ahead of England's Phil Bentham and New Zealand's Henry Perenara to officiate the final at Elland Road. Cecchin took charge of England's victory over New Zealand at Hull on Saturday and was praised for the manner in which he controlled a spiteful encounter. "I think Matt Cecchin is a very good referee and has been given this job for this game," said McNamara from England's training base on Wednesday. "It's probably an issue that needs to be looked at after the tournament but we are happy with Matt refereeing. "I am sure Tim (Sheens) will be happy as well." Cecchin was voted to take control of the final by a committee consisting of representatives from England and New Zealand and McNamara expressed surprise the Kiwis did not back Perenara for the match. He also claimed Bentham's Super League experience, where only one referee is used, made him the best qualified candidate. "Phil Bentham is the only one used to refereeing to the rules we are applying on Saturday so he had a case for the game," he said. "Probably the whole process of referees for these tournaments needs to be looked at. "Other sports would find it very strange to have a final with a referee from one of the country's competing. "But this is nothing against Matt. He's a very strong ref and we're looking forward to a good final that will be refereed well." In my opinion this is England crying over the fact that their referee wasn't chosen. Might I remind them that English Referee Steve Ganson refereed last years 4 Nations final.

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  • They make me sick with there whingeing !!!' 

    If they want a new ref. I want new commentators. The lead commentator is disgusting the most biased thing I've ever heard no credibility !!!
    • Their commentators are some of the worst I've heard. They were calling for Tony Williams to be sent off and then when a scuffle broke out they compared it to the Manly Melbourne brawl and wanted Watmough in the bin. They've got no idea about what a good play and a bad read in defence is. Australia throw a second man play at the English and score and the English commentators are claiming an obstruction when Jack Reed rushed in for no reason. The thing that I can't stand is that T-R-Y bullshit they say everytime someone scores. We know how to spell, no need to spell it out, just say the bloody word.

  • Ever heard of the mute button? Don't like it don't listen. I think they're just as biased as some of Channel 9's commentators when it comes to S.O.O they are allowed to be it's their country

    • I know what you're saying, but their lead commentator is very dis-respectful. In the game this morning, one of his other commentators said that they should just sit back and watch the Australians' brilliance for the final 5 minutes seeing as they had the game won. Their lead commentator said that if he said that again he would walk out of the stadium. Even in Origin, Gus can applaud the QLD'ers for the way they play. The amount of bias is huge. Sometimes they are calling for penalties that aren't there. Sam Tomkins got hit around the shoulders and they cried murder. James Graham hit Watmough high and they said it was a good hit around his chest.

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