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Message: [QUOTE="Organix, post: 3491645, member: 8187"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/best-of-abc-sport-podcast/graham-annesley/102058598[/URL] For reference regarding Annesley wanting the refs to be invisible in the match. The quote is at the start and it requires a little bit of mental gymnastics to understand. Put rules in place that makes it easy to comply to the rules, e.g. onside at scrums, whereby fans won't notice that an infringement doesn't take place unless an infringement does take place and the referee acts. It seems to me to have been quite noticeable that many penalties have been given off the scrum this season, which is essentially just another crackdown on one specific rule. I mean, refs are an important part of the game, so they're kinda supposed to be noticed. Players are already expected to follow the rules. So, all they are doing is changing the rules to make the infringements less likely, like raising the speed limit in a school zone from 40 to 50, and saying "see, no police needed because noone is breaking the 40 limit". [/QUOTE]

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