Quote ="Clearwing"Perhaps he isn't looking to penalise the teams unnecessarily. Maybe he'll warn the teams prior to the game of things he's spotted in the past that he won't tolerate in order to let the game flow.'"
That would make sense.
We as fans point out the traits of our opponents hoping that it will be picked up e.g. Sam Tomkins holding on to the tackler to win penalties, Hooper taking out the kicker off the ball etc.
So surely we should be glad that the officials are donig the same.
I'd be amazed if they didn't do that any way.
But only to nip problems in the bud & not to penalise players solely on their reputations.
I wonder if Siverwood's comments were submitted to Cummings & approved prior to publication though.
Let's hope he does let the game flow fairly for each side & neither side (& their fans) is whinging about the ref after the game. I doubt that though somehow.