Aussie ref for final.

I am shocked.

Apparently

Read that earlier and after texting people in a rage it's now out of my system.

Just makes the will to win that bit stronger and to knock that smirk if Sheens face would be an amazing feeling.

Atleast it's not the kiwi fella

I was hoping for the Kiwi as the pressure on him would have huge both from the England camp and then the crowd on the night.

After the displays by the referees from 'down under' these last two weeks, what's the betting we will be heatedly discussing another atrocious refereeing display at the weekend ?

I'm not sure it'll matter really. I can't see us doing em any way! Hope I'm wrong!!

Should have had a neutral ref. Thierry Alibert is neutral and is better than any ref in this years 4 nations.

Absolutely disgusting why??? Who makes the decisions in any type of test match the ref should always be neutral like the above mentioned why not give Thierry Alibert a go ??
This just pushes me more for an England win , Hope this Aussie ref dont slow down the game

As long as International RL is refereed by none-neutral refs out sport will continue to be laughed at.
It really is terrible.

That's my major concern. I know the ref won't be bias towards them as he's a professional but it looks ridiculous to the watching world.

It makes no sense at all when we now have a kiwi ref in the NRL and a French ref in superleague. When we didn't have those a few years back and we had to pick them from semi pro comps this sort of move was understandable but not now.

You bloody pessimistic Sod!

It's not ideal, but definitely wouldnt want Perenara (sp?) again, and Alibert always bottles big games plus he isnt even down for this tournament. We are then left with Bentham or Cecchin. Cecchin has probably been the best ref of the tournament, fair enough he didnt take action against Smith or Luke on Saturday but recently most refs in both competitions have been guilty of not taking forceful enough action disciplinary wise. You never know he might give most of the 50/50s our way so he isnt accused of bias, and Bentham could have done visa versa.

Baffles me that Froggy never got much credit for a sterling performance in the WCC IMO.
He should've been reffing in this comp