Talk:Steve Walsh (rugby)/Comments

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Definitely a 5*article.

Blowing up early in an advantage situation is a classic error of an inexperienced referee. It happens to me occasionally when I have been out injured for some time and I come back, am tired and hence make mistakes. But it doesn't happen after the first couple of weeks and I don't ref Internationals, not sure how Walsh got that far.

Horan affair equally culable, he was clearly pulled back after the grubber kick. I have watched the replay several times, Walsh was not unsighted by other players (as the ref was in the Welsh game) and there is no excuse at this level for that kind of error.

I agree with the post that said it is hard to beleive that ref's are biased at this level, but occasionally some behave as if they were, and in the end it amounts to the same thing. Dean Richards (Gloucester Coach) is currently on a disciplinary charge for criticising a referee to the 4th official. Walsh's criticism to the Jenkins (the Welsh coach) of his fellow referee's interpretation of Ireland's performance at the breakdown is no different. The fact that he was allowed to continue as the scheduled ref for Ireland v France was extraordinary in the circumstances.

147.188.129.99 13:23, 23 February 2007 (UTC)Cillian