Scenario One:

It's the final game of the inaugural Magic Weekend and you have been given control of the derby between two evenly matched sides and you feel confident that you can handle the high intensity that comes with such a prestigious fixture.

Team L are trailing team B by 36 points 38 in the final 60 seconds, with team L in possession attacking just inside team B's half.

Suddenly the team L player losses control of the ball as the tackle is about to be completed 40m out from team B's try line, but the ball travels back as the tackle is made and a player from team B recovers the now loose ball.

The player from team B who now has the ball was back the 10m at the previous play the ball.

You look at the near side touch judge who waves the flag indicating play on but suddenly the video referee offers you his opinion via the communication earpiece and he says that the team B player was offside as when the team L player lost possession during the tackle attempt, the ball was directed and helped forward by one of the team B players making the tackle implying that the team B player with the ball was offside.

What do you do? You are the referee so it's over to you................

I hate these hypothetical scenarios.

For 1. The video ref would never offer an opinion without been asked - so it's unrealistic.

But the answer is c) burn them all.

Can you believe that the scenario actually happend?

Scenario Two:

You have been demoted by your head of referees for poor performance in a previous game that caused both coaches to speak out at your handling of the game. You now have been appointed to referee a Challenge Cup 2nd fixture involving two conference sides, team F and team S.

Team S are attacking 20m out from team F's tryline when on the last tackle team S put boot to ball.

The ball is fielded by team F's fullback who takes the ball and tackle just 1m from the team F tryline.

The fullback in his hastiness to get his team moving plays the ball at an angle of 20 degrees to the right of the original tackle and in his hastiness hasn't checked to make sure that an acting half back was present when the attempt to the play ball began.

Resulting in the front marker for Team S diving behind the tackled player playing the ball and reaching the ball over the try line in a clean act.

What do you do? You are the referee so it's over to you................

Correct

If anyone else would like to post a scenario your welcome to as the Observer has a very good "you are the ref/umpire" section in the sports pullout and I thought I would translate that on here.

Scenario Three:

Team K have been awarded a scrum following a forward pass on team D's previous active play leaving team D to defend their line.

The scrum is 10m out from team D's tryline and with the score all locked up at 22-22 and with just six minutes remaining, things are very heated as the scrum packs down.

Team K as the non-offending team get the loose head and feed, but with tensions running high and with team K's sets of forwards pushing the scrum an appereciable distance to the disadvantage of team D before the scrum half of team K has put the ball in the scrum you blow your whistle and stop play indicating that the scrum has to reform to it's original position.

On the games restart once again team K's sets of forwards start pushing the scrum an appereciable distance to the disadvantage of team D before the scrum half has completed putting the ball into the scrum.

The players of team D are appealing for a penalty as team K has had a second chance.

What do you do? You are the referee so it's over to you................

Award a differential penalty to team D