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<blockquote data-quote="OhDannyBoy" data-source="post: 737923" data-attributes="member: 72517"><p>It's scandalous how Poite continues to ref at this level.</p><p>Controversy continually follows him around for good reason.</p><p>I don't think I've ever seen a ref with such a perfect and complete lack of any knowledge pertaining to the scrum. How can a ref get 1st class gigs when continually showing an abject lack of even the basic rules of an entire facet of play?</p><p></p><p>It has long been known that he covers up his ignorance of the scrum by simply choosing a side to penalise and sticks with that regardless. South Africa were not the first side by far to suffer from his complete ineptness, and they certainly will not be the last.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: silver"><span style="font-size: 9px">- - - Updated - - -</span></span></p><p></p><p>Two of the scrums in particular:</p><p></p><p>Koch the tighthead vs Ayerza the loosehead. </p><p>Scrum gets going. Koch has a perfectly legal bind on Ayerza jersey, Ayerza has a perfectly legal bind on Kochs jersey.</p><p>Ayerza slips his bind and his elbow hits the ground.</p><p>Koch still has his bind.</p><p></p><p>Poite? "Eeez slipped eez bind" he says as he penalises Koch. Truly and utterly bizarre.</p><p></p><p>Another time, Ayerza is clearly not scrumming straight. Even as the first hit goes in, it is clear.</p><p>There is an overhead camera shot that shows this too.</p><p>The commentator, one of whom is a former front ranker himself, immediately notices and states this, that Ayerza is boring in. It is as clear as day.</p><p>Poite is standing right over this, 2 feet away. It is happening right in front of him.</p><p>When Koch is forced by the illegal scrumming to pop, Poite immediately penalises him.</p><p></p><p>It has long been known that Poite doesn't understand anything at all at scrumtime. He has a long history of this, and has been roundly criticised by a number of teams.</p><p>Why is he still reffing at this level when it is widely known he doesn't know his rules?</p><p></p><p>And more pertinently, which sides are going to have to play in matches officiated by him in the World Cup? Is there a list so that sides and fans can prepare themselves?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OhDannyBoy, post: 737923, member: 72517"] It's scandalous how Poite continues to ref at this level. Controversy continually follows him around for good reason. I don't think I've ever seen a ref with such a perfect and complete lack of any knowledge pertaining to the scrum. How can a ref get 1st class gigs when continually showing an abject lack of even the basic rules of an entire facet of play? It has long been known that he covers up his ignorance of the scrum by simply choosing a side to penalise and sticks with that regardless. South Africa were not the first side by far to suffer from his complete ineptness, and they certainly will not be the last. [COLOR="silver"][SIZE=1]- - - Updated - - -[/SIZE][/COLOR] Two of the scrums in particular: Koch the tighthead vs Ayerza the loosehead. Scrum gets going. Koch has a perfectly legal bind on Ayerza jersey, Ayerza has a perfectly legal bind on Kochs jersey. Ayerza slips his bind and his elbow hits the ground. Koch still has his bind. Poite? "Eeez slipped eez bind" he says as he penalises Koch. Truly and utterly bizarre. Another time, Ayerza is clearly not scrumming straight. Even as the first hit goes in, it is clear. There is an overhead camera shot that shows this too. The commentator, one of whom is a former front ranker himself, immediately notices and states this, that Ayerza is boring in. It is as clear as day. Poite is standing right over this, 2 feet away. It is happening right in front of him. When Koch is forced by the illegal scrumming to pop, Poite immediately penalises him. It has long been known that Poite doesn't understand anything at all at scrumtime. He has a long history of this, and has been roundly criticised by a number of teams. Why is he still reffing at this level when it is widely known he doesn't know his rules? And more pertinently, which sides are going to have to play in matches officiated by him in the World Cup? Is there a list so that sides and fans can prepare themselves? [/QUOTE]
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