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<blockquote data-quote="Curls" data-source="post: 1129636" data-attributes="member: 46674"><p>Most of the media in the 6 nations unions are unofficially barred from going after referees. Similar to the coaching staff publicly attacking them in the media. If RTE were to do a segment attacking a given referee or print details of reviews or reports critical of a performance they would likely see their access restricted to media events by the governing body. All of course by coincidence....not enough chairs or something.</p><p>I feel its very unfair to denigrate Leinster fans for their response and to dismiss concerns. Leinster have lost games before without too much clamour. Among the fan base their is a real grievance fuelled by demonstrable errors in officiating at key moments. There have been no militant youtube breakdowns of errors eventhough they are there. Perhaps TASAnalytics is in his bunker now in Jo'Burg. If the Stormers scoop one back illegally and drop a goal in Cape Town to win it I'll be looking for the roundly magnanimous response from Munster fans. No need to mention Munsters sour conspiracy claims against Neil Back all these years on for example <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😁" title="Beaming face with smiling eyes :grin:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f601.png" data-shortname=":grin:" />. Imagine if former Tigers man Frank Murphy was in the middle that day?</p><p>I have family that are Munster through and through and they admitted had roles been reversed they wouldn't be happy.</p><p></p><p>The strength of feeling is fuelled by the fact the possible conflict of interests was brought up before the game. For people with an inside knowledge of Leinster and the IRFU or anyone who followed the AIL around 2015 events here become problematic. If it were a Christmas Derby one might shrug the appointment off but surely for a URC semi the organisers must do a little better than that. Next time Frank Murphy takes charge of Munster in the league you can be sure the opposition whomever they are will see him as less than neutral even if that's unfair. Frank Murphy becomes the final victim as I think this mud will stick a little now. If he takes charge of Leinster again and makes another error then it puts himself and selection committee in a tough spot.</p><p>But this is a structural issue. If you don't promote your best a brightest you end up getting hamstrung.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Curls, post: 1129636, member: 46674"] Most of the media in the 6 nations unions are unofficially barred from going after referees. Similar to the coaching staff publicly attacking them in the media. If RTE were to do a segment attacking a given referee or print details of reviews or reports critical of a performance they would likely see their access restricted to media events by the governing body. All of course by coincidence....not enough chairs or something. I feel its very unfair to denigrate Leinster fans for their response and to dismiss concerns. Leinster have lost games before without too much clamour. Among the fan base their is a real grievance fuelled by demonstrable errors in officiating at key moments. There have been no militant youtube breakdowns of errors eventhough they are there. Perhaps TASAnalytics is in his bunker now in Jo'Burg. If the Stormers scoop one back illegally and drop a goal in Cape Town to win it I'll be looking for the roundly magnanimous response from Munster fans. No need to mention Munsters sour conspiracy claims against Neil Back all these years on for example 😁. Imagine if former Tigers man Frank Murphy was in the middle that day? I have family that are Munster through and through and they admitted had roles been reversed they wouldn't be happy. The strength of feeling is fuelled by the fact the possible conflict of interests was brought up before the game. For people with an inside knowledge of Leinster and the IRFU or anyone who followed the AIL around 2015 events here become problematic. If it were a Christmas Derby one might shrug the appointment off but surely for a URC semi the organisers must do a little better than that. Next time Frank Murphy takes charge of Munster in the league you can be sure the opposition whomever they are will see him as less than neutral even if that's unfair. Frank Murphy becomes the final victim as I think this mud will stick a little now. If he takes charge of Leinster again and makes another error then it puts himself and selection committee in a tough spot. But this is a structural issue. If you don't promote your best a brightest you end up getting hamstrung. [/QUOTE]
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