My Job Is To Persuade People To

Failure Comes When You Don’t Listen. You Can’t Put Something Out There And Assume It’s Great. It’s Up To Us To Make Sure We’re Listening To Improve Our Chances For Success-if Not This Time, Next Time.

I Could Give 48 Penalties In Every Match If I Wanted To. It Is A Question Of Sometimes Choosing What Is - In Your Own Mind - Of Material Importance And What Isn't, What Might Be A Crucial Potential Penalty And What Might Not Be.

I Do My Own Analysis On The Teams I Am Refereeing. I Will Know Some Of The Personalities, The Players Who Could Be Difficult Customers In A Scrum Situation, The Ones I Am Going To Have To Really Work Hard On Early In The Game To Get What I Want.

But Then Southern Hemisphere Teams Are More Skilful Than Their Northern Hemisphere Counterparts, Which Means Games Can Be Easier To Referee.

I Have Three Tools At My Disposal - My Whistle, My Body Language And My Talk. It Is A Question Of How I Marry Them Up To Try To Get The Players Around To My Way Of Thinking.