Are now being ruined for me by the constant MOOOOOOOOVE from the ref after every single tackle.

Is there really any need to hear the ref all match?

I ended up watching yesterday with the sound off

Better listening to the ref talking to the players than to the commentary team talking tosh.

So you're happy to listen to "move,hold go,move,hold go ,move hold,go forthe full 80 minutes? it gets on my wick

I like the fact that we can listen to the ref.

Just try and block it out of your mind and watch the rugby, it's pretty easy to do.

It confuses my partly deaf 89 year old Grandad who complains about the constant "booing" after every tackle. He didn't understand it was the ref shouting "move".

What does it mean when the ref shouts DOMINANT or something similar during a tackle? I understand SURRENDER but have never heard this before

It's the same thing, ie a defender is allowed a little more time to hold down.

Surrender is where a player has gone down easily to get a quick play the ball (Morley does it a lot at Warrington). Dominant is where a defender makes a big hit and puts a player on their ass for example.

Both allow the defender a little more freedom.

Today's game from Knowsley Road.

Ray French is the most excited man in the ground this afternoon - just listen to the old boy !!

I was talking to someone about that a few weeks back, dominant is straight forward however i was never sure what the indication was with surrender, as you say it appears to be the same, allowing the defence to hold down a bit longer.

i was thinking though, they both reward defence, should there not be an equivalent call for when an attacker scatters defenders and leaves them behind but they're still hanging onto an ankle at the ptb (if you know what i mean) or would that be redundant and just result in a penalty.

"Just look at this err youngster Gary err Wheeler err"

Retire the old fool!!

Anybody who got one of the refs radios last week (or has bought one at previous events) do they work at every game or just at that particular event? I couldn't get mine to pick anything up at Wakefield yesterday.

the geezer's who were selling em said they only worked at the events on the sign above their heads, MM, Challenge cup, GF, and the internationals. Though i'll be giving it a go at the next warrington match.

Just the major RFL showpiece games, Magic Weekend, Challenge Cup, Grand Final and Four Nations.

That would explain it.

Edit - anyone know where I can get one that would work at every game?

WTF is Thaler watching?

two terrible decisions resulting in two tries plus the forward pass for les cats that never was

Absolute gave this game to Saints on a plate. 12 points for Saints from two terrible, terrible decisions.

So Justin was right all along?

Get a decent scanner.

From?

Ebay or one of those Radio shops (not currys) ones that do CB's etc etc.

The ones at the events are done by using a mini FM transmitter and the set you get is set to a certain FM freq.

MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVEEEEE!!!!!

I never spoken to anyone yet who likes the Refs being wired for sound. Why can't the the TV people just turn on the sound when he's speaking to someone. Constant Move, Held and Surrender just annoys people, to the point of a lot of people now turn the sound off when viewing. I hate it.

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