RateTheRef

Saturday 20th April
Saracens vs Gloucester
Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe
Assistant Referees: Karl Dickson & Gareth Holsgrove
TMO: Rowan Kitt

Northampton vs Leicester
Referee: Christophe Ridley
Assistant Referees: Joe James & Jamie Leahy
TMO: Andrew Jackson

Exeter vs Bath
Referee: Adam Leal
Assistant Referees: Sara Cox & Jonathan Healy
TMO: David Rose

Sunday 21st April
Sale vs Harlequins
Referee: Tom Foley
Assistant Referees: Hamish Smales & John Meredith
TMO: Dean Richards

Bristol vs Newcastle
Referee: Luke Pearce
Assistant Referees: Andrew Jackson & Simon Harding
TMO: Stuart Terheege

Saturday 13th April
Bordeaux vs Harlequins
Referee: Andrea Piardi
Assistant Referees: Federico Vedovelli & Gianlucca Gnecchi
TMO: Stefano Penne

Leinster vs La Rochelle
Referee: Karl Dickson
Assistant Referees: Luke Pearce & Andrew Jackson
TMO: Tom Foley

Northampton vs Bulls
Referee: Mathieu Raynal
Assistant Referees: Ludovic Cayre & Luc Ramos
TMO: Thomas Charabas

Sunday 14th April
Toulouse vs Exeter
Referee: Chris Busby
Assistant Referees: Eoghan Cross & Andrew Brace
TMO: Mark Patton

Friday 5th April
Harlequins vs Glasgow
Referee: Tual Trainini
Assistant Referees: Flavien Hourquet & Ludovic Cayre
TMO: Eric Gauzins

Saturday 6th April
Bulls vs Lyon
Referee: Luke Pearce
Assistant Referees: Sara Cox & Adam Leal
TMO: Tom Foley

Stormers vs La Rochelle
Referee: Matthew Carley
Assistant Referees: Hamish Smales & John Meredith
TMO: Ian Tempest

Exeter vs Bath
Referee: Luc Ramos
Assistant Referees: Pierre Baptiste-Nuchy & Evan Urruzmendi
TMO: Patrick Dellac

Boreaux vs Saracens
Referee: Frank Murphy
Assistant Referees: Eoghan Cross & Andrew Cole
TMO: Brian MacNeice

Leinster vs Leicester
Referee: Pierre Brousset
Assistant Referees: Kevin Bralley & Jeremy Rozier
TMO: Denis Grenouillet

Sunday 7th April
Northampton vs Munster
Referee: Mike Adamson
Assistant Referees: Hollie Davidson & Jonny Perriam
TMO: Dave Sutherland

Toulouse vs Racing
Referee: Karl Dickson
Assistant Referees: Andrew Jackson & Jack Makepeace
TMO: Stuart Terheege

Having finally seen the highlights I can now comment on the big decisions during this game. The 1st penalty for me is soft but can see why he gave it from where he was as it looked like the Leicester player pushed him. The 2nd penalty i don't think there can be any real complaint as it was a penalty given the defender trips him even if the leicester player is waiting for contact. The Hull players 1st yellow is correct as he was stopping a promising attack however for me the decision not to send him off for blocking the free kick is wrong and he doesn't help himself by looking as if he's going to get the card out and then doesn't. However, this is the 1st time in the last few months that he's had a bad performance from what i've seen and heard. The thing to remember is that referees will ineveitably have bad performances as they are human but the best refs are the ones who only have a few of those a season for example Michael Oliver who rarely has a bad game.

Unfortunately Luke Pearce has had to replace Pierre Brousset as referee for Ireland vs Italy as he hasn't recovered from the injury he sustained a few weeks ago.

Pierre Brousset has been replaced by Nika Amashukeli as assistant in the Italy vs England game so there is a good chance he will also be replaced in the Ireland vs Italy game to.

For me both red card decisions are correct with the 1st one being totally out of control and nowhere near the ball. The 2nd one is correct although haven't seen the 1st yellow but if your on a booking then it is definitely a 2nd yellow. In regards to the penalties, the only one that's correct is the 1st Sheffield Utd one which is pretty clear cut. The 2nd one for them I don't think is a penalty as he doesn't really catch the Sheffield Utd player. The West Ham one is definitely a penalty as he gets rugby tackled to the ground and the defender isn't even looking at the ball.

Having seen the highlights, the penalty is incorrect for me as the Coventry player clearly wins the ball although it did look a penalty in real time so can understand why he gave it. The red card was absolutely spot on, the Leicester player was out of control and made contact with excessive force which caused the Coventry player to flip.