You might hear sports fans yell out to a referee or umpire: ‘I can do better than that!’ But becoming an elite official is a lot harder than most imagine.
- Senior Lecturer - Faculty of Health (School Exercise & Nutrition Sciences), Queensland University of Technology
Some athletes seem to have an ability to predict what’s going to happen in their sports but anticipation is an attribute anyone can develop.
The two-referee system was introduced to improve the flow of the game. So where’s the evidence to say dropping one ref would be any better for the game?
It’s not easy being a ref. Everyone’s your critic, and you have to run more than 8km each match to keep up with the play.
The data shows NRL referees get it right most of the time. So why do they still cop criticism?
A centralised video ref for next year’s NRL season aims to reduce the dramas surrounding refereeing decisions in the game. But how often do the on-field refs get it wrong?
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