And neutral officials, if only to avoid accusations of bias.

NewGuy wrote: www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,16024_9460954,00.html

In truth I fully agree with him RE: there should be TMO at every Pro12 game.

It was a mixture of both, he was offside at the quick tap penalty and he pulled back the 9

www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,16024_9460954,00.html

Not sure if it was a pull back or a tackle without been back 10m at a pen, but there was another 3 pull backs that we were caught for.

Shelflife wrote: Good performance from the ref yesterday, one crooked lineout apart it was a fair display. Suprised we didnt see a YC for any of the pull back pens that we stupidly gave away.

Delighted with the polite applause that the officials got at the end of the game.

thought that is what McSharry was binned for?

Shelflife wrote: Good performance from the ref yesterday, one crooked lineout apart it was a fair display. Suprised we didnt see a YC for any of the pull back pens that we stupidly gave away.

Delighted with the polite applause that the officials got at the end of the game.

We did win tho ! Hopefully the same respect will be shown throughout the season. Great day though, really enjoyable.

Good performance from the ref yesterday, one crooked lineout apart it was a fair display. Suprised we didnt see a YC for any of the pull back pens that we stupidly gave away.

Delighted with the polite applause that the officials got at the end of the game.

The IMF wrote: .................... I'm not saying anything!!

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I would give up my enclosed Stand seat for the entire year to see that.

About the same chance a Elvis appearing as the half time act. :whistle: :whistle:

Ok but if I'm standing next to Mick Barrett I'm not saying anything!!

Pushing this up to the top as we are near game day.

By all means have your opinion on the refs decisions, but dont shout abuse and if there are supporters doing so i think we should ask them to stop.

basic manners, we applaud the opposition off the pitch then we should do the same for the ref.

Just to be clear, not agreeing with the refs decisions and being vocal about is fine, just as long as it doesnt resort to personally abusing them.

I wouldnt expect a crowd to agree with all my decisions and thats fine if you have a different opinion and youre vocal about it, just do it in the proper way.

After the game thats it and either clap the officials off the pitch or stay silent.

Its just basic manners.

There's a refereeing course running this weekend at Galwegians I think, so while not for everyone, it might give anyone interested in giving something back the opportunity to do so. Im living outside of the province but Im registered to do it where Im now living.

While i often disagree with decisions against us I hate this craic of booing off refs. Its gotten us nowhere, and will continue to be unproductive.

I always try to respect the refs and dare I say it the good play of the opposition. I would politely clap their scores but make sure that I shout and roar for ours.

It ain't always easy though, last year in the Leinster game when Goppreth and D'arcy crossed and forward passed for the try and all the super cocky Dubs were laughing at my fury and then the Heaslip incident in the same game !!!! Screaming for a penalty for offside at the end of the Sarries game arrrrgh....... It takes a lot of toungue biting and holding your breath sometimes, but when it's over, it's over. I have learned that we do not get the rub of the green, that normally goes to the bigger names. In general though we are not too bad, crowds should encourage a ref to give a decision to their team at home, but respect should always be shown, especially when the game is finished.

I'd agree but in fairness I think this has improved a lot. I didn't see this happen at all last season apart from a bit in the Leinster game which I felt was deserved as it was a typical example of an official not having the courage to make a decisive decision against a big team.

I certainly wouldn't be hanging around to clap the ref off, if that's what people want to do more power to them but I don't know any job where people are clapped out on their way home.

In fairness the treatment refs get at Connacht is very tame compared to the majority of the teams throughout Europe. It can always be improved but I'd hate to see us go too far down the sanctimonious route either.

Shelflife wrote: This season id like to see a concerted effort from the supporters to respect the visiting referees.

Id like to see a campaign of sorts by the clan to eradicate this practice altogether.

Well said Shelflife. Remember as well that we are the ones standing beside the p***k's who are actually booing the ref. If enough of us stand together we can make them shut up and stop it. As in most areas of life, the silent majority, stay silent at the wrong times.