Let's here how Reading Rugby got fucked at the North Bay Tournament... Our team has a rep of talking too much to the referee, which isn't a good thing, but we didn't deserve to be treated like idiots.
Our first game was againt Harrisburg and we beat them 31-7, the ref in that game, some black guy, was blowing up the calls against us being incredibly nitpicky, it was insane. However, we did win so we were not that mad.
In the second game we beat North Penn and we demolished them...same ref and this time he called us for about 15 penalties - at least - that didn't really have any basis in reality. I believe we shut them out and I had some nice hits and rucks in that game. But after that game the ref was coming up to us and telling us we need to shut the fuck up more often. During the game is one thing, but AFTER the game?! That was classless and we didn't stand for that shit.
The championship game was against Severn River, a team from Maryland. They had a 2 1/2 hour break between games and we had 30 minutes. We were definitely tired and not ready to play. However, the ref WAS a lot better as he was a different ref. We were down 12-0 after the first half and the second half we were playing a LOT better. Now...in the middle of a ruck I see a punch thrown and the pile gets whistled by the ref, our captain - the fly-half, has a bite mark on his arm. He is yelling at the player who bit him and the ref is kind of dumbfounded. So instead of throwing out the player who bit and even tossing our captian for the retaliation, he calls the fucking game with over 10 minutes yet to play.
We all left the field, shook Severn River's hands...packed up our shit and went home. It was probably the most asinine tournament as lot of us ever went to.
Damn shame, because we had a good time with the teams and seeing people we played with for years, but the ref situation (and to another extent the shitty game scheduling) really put a damper on it.
Oh well, the night ended well at least there wasn't a ref there to fuck things up then. LOL
Our first game was againt Harrisburg and we beat them 31-7, the ref in that game, some black guy, was blowing up the calls against us being incredibly nitpicky, it was insane. However, we did win so we were not that mad.
In the second game we beat North Penn and we demolished them...same ref and this time he called us for about 15 penalties - at least - that didn't really have any basis in reality. I believe we shut them out and I had some nice hits and rucks in that game. But after that game the ref was coming up to us and telling us we need to shut the fuck up more often. During the game is one thing, but AFTER the game?! That was classless and we didn't stand for that shit.
The championship game was against Severn River, a team from Maryland. They had a 2 1/2 hour break between games and we had 30 minutes. We were definitely tired and not ready to play. However, the ref WAS a lot better as he was a different ref. We were down 12-0 after the first half and the second half we were playing a LOT better. Now...in the middle of a ruck I see a punch thrown and the pile gets whistled by the ref, our captain - the fly-half, has a bite mark on his arm. He is yelling at the player who bit him and the ref is kind of dumbfounded. So instead of throwing out the player who bit and even tossing our captian for the retaliation, he calls the fucking game with over 10 minutes yet to play.
We all left the field, shook Severn River's hands...packed up our shit and went home. It was probably the most asinine tournament as lot of us ever went to.
Damn shame, because we had a good time with the teams and seeing people we played with for years, but the ref situation (and to another extent the shitty game scheduling) really put a damper on it.
Oh well, the night ended well at least there wasn't a ref there to fuck things up then. LOL
Thats fucked up that they called your fucking game. I didn't stay that long cause I don't drink and I would have rather gone home then be at the bar all night.
Are you gonna be doing sevens this summer?