Unfortunately his drop off the international scene has probably been his undoing.
Barnes, Pearce, Carley and Dickson all went to World Cup, so would be ring fenced.
Next cohort would include Foley, Maxwell-Keys and Ridley all of whom have international potential.
To me the weakest referee in the Prem is Tempest, but he is an international referee within the womens game, attending the last WWC. I guess this has maintained his position thus far.
I would hope the Pro 14 do come and get the Irishman, Greg Garner worked with JP so knows first hand how good he is.
I wonder how many pork buffets/hotel rooms/other perks he was worth.