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Message: [QUOTE="Foordy, post: 2621687, member: 1769"] I know how tough a refs job can be sometimes ... I have been one myself (though not in rugby league, which i imagine is harder). but i feel that the standard has been dropping every year, i think it really started to deteriorate around the time the 2 ref system came in. I also believe that there are some quality refs running around in the ISC, but unfortuanely they aren't considered for the NRL, i read a few years ago that for a ref to get an NRL match they had to relocate to Sydney and i personally think thats wrong. I know for a fact that soccer, for example, has refs located in different states, and they have trainning set up in those states for the refs to attend. That to me is another case of the NRL being too Sydney-centric, they need to get over that, rugby league is not just played in Sydney anymore and not every person that plays or officiates the sport want to live in Sydney. The N in NRL doesn't stand for NSW. If they want the best refs to ref the top grade, they need to consider them regardless of where they live. so that means setting up some sort of system to consider QLD based referees. [/QUOTE]

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