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Topic: Steve Walsh sacked!
Posted By: Blakeney
Subject: Steve Walsh sacked!
Date Posted: 10 March 2013 at 11:39pm
A report in the Guardian says his contract will be terminated within 72 hours......he was scheduled to take charge of the Wales v England game on Saturday.

3 strikes & your out apparently.

Thoughts...



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Posted By: Eastern outpost
Date Posted: 11 March 2013 at 7:25am
What did he do for this to happen?

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Posted By: lofty evans
Date Posted: 11 March 2013 at 7:33am
Originally posted by Blakeney Blakeney wrote:

A report in the Guardian says his contract will be terminated within 72 hours......he was scheduled to take charge of the Wales v England game on Saturday.

3 strikes & your out apparently.

Thoughts...


Alledgedly ( just my thoughts) he whispered " hope Wales thrash the English" in his sleep overheard by MI5, passed on to the English coaching camp...



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In 1972, Roy Bergiers scored that try and said "that was for you lofty"

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Posted By: Wil Chips
Date Posted: 11 March 2013 at 7:41am
This sounds mightily like the last time he was 'sacked'. Could it be old news?


Posted By: haydn_davies
Date Posted: 11 March 2013 at 7:54am
Could be something to do with this: http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/8373700/Conrad-Smith-shrugs-off-tussle-with-Walsh" rel="nofollow - http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/8373700/Conrad-Smith-shrugs-off-tussle-with-Walsh

This story may have legs, but it would be a hell of a call in the week running up to the 6N decider!!

A video clip of the incident: http://balls.ie/rugby/rugby-ref-steve-walsh-takes-exception-to-conrad-smith-getting-in-his-way/" rel="nofollow - http://balls.ie/rugby/rugby-ref-steve-walsh-takes-exception-to-conrad-smith-getting-in-his-way/

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Posted By: Wil Chips
Date Posted: 11 March 2013 at 8:39am
He was exonorated of any blame there by the SANZAR senior ref bod ..

Not sure he was blameless mind!

http://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/Super15/Steve-Walsh-escapes-sanction-20130305" rel="nofollow - http://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/Super15/Steve-Walsh-escapes-sanction-20130305


Posted By: lofty evans
Date Posted: 11 March 2013 at 8:44am
Ah its the master plan of giving Englaaannnd the Slam....Walsh is not their fav easter bunny.


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In 1972, Roy Bergiers scored that try and said "that was for you lofty"

"All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us"


Posted By: dr_martinov
Date Posted: 11 March 2013 at 8:52am
Don't believe this one.

I quite like Walsh actually, I know he has a huge ego and maybe doesn't understand the scrum, but at least he tries to keep the game flowing.

Plus seems like a decent guy to have a pint with after the game. Wink


Posted By: jeremy windell
Date Posted: 11 March 2013 at 9:05am
Shame he has lovely hair.

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Posted By: scarletnut
Date Posted: 11 March 2013 at 9:53am
One of the better refs gone then! I know he has a huge drinking problem as he turned up pissed for a SANZAR refs meeting

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I still wake up late at night and think of what might have been when tim stimpson hit that jammy penalty1


Posted By: omri jones
Date Posted: 11 March 2013 at 11:15am
We need a French ref for this match.


Posted By: scarletman
Date Posted: 11 March 2013 at 5:01pm
Originally posted by scarletnut scarletnut wrote:

One of the better refs gone then! I know he has a huge drinking problem as he turned up pissed for a SANZAR refs meeting


Really ? ..

& The source of this information is ?


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Posted By: wizard
Date Posted: 11 March 2013 at 8:06pm
Originally posted by scarletman scarletman wrote:

Originally posted by scarletnut scarletnut wrote:

One of the better refs gone then! I know he has a huge drinking problem as he turned up pissed for a SANZAR refs meeting


Really ? ..

& The source of this information is ?


Wasn't that HAD a drinking problem....

On Wednesday 18 March 2009, it was announced that Walsh would lose his job after a third strike on his record http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Walsh_%28rugby_referee%29#cite_note-4" rel="nofollow - [4] - this time turning up drunk to a refereeing conference in Sydney. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Walsh_%28rugby_referee%29#cite_note-5" rel="nofollow - [5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Barnes" rel="nofollow - Wayne Barnes took over from Walsh as referee of the grand slam deciding match in Cardiff on the 21st.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Walsh_%28rugby_referee%29

But then again we know how accurate wikipedia can be at times


Posted By: John
Date Posted: 11 March 2013 at 8:37pm
Originally posted by wizard wizard wrote:

Originally posted by scarletman scarletman wrote:

Originally posted by scarletnut scarletnut wrote:

One of the better refs gone then! I know he has a huge drinking problem as he turned up pissed for a SANZAR refs meeting


Really ? ..

& The source of this information is ?


Wasn't that HAD a drinking problem....

On Wednesday 18 March 2009, it was announced that Walsh would lose his job after a third strike on his record http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Walsh_%28rugby_referee%29#cite_note-4" rel="nofollow - [4] - this time turning up drunk to a refereeing conference in Sydney. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Walsh_%28rugby_referee%29#cite_note-5" rel="nofollow - [5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Barnes" rel="nofollow - Wayne Barnes took over from Walsh as referee of the grand slam deciding match in Cardiff on the 21st.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Walsh_%28rugby_referee%29

But then again we know how accurate wikipedia can be at times
 
Well, if he has been sacked, it's a loss. He was the best referee of the three at the weekend ( admittedly not difficult!) and that wikipedia entry states he was the Super Rugby referee of the year last year.    


Posted By: dr_martinov
Date Posted: 11 March 2013 at 8:38pm
Originally posted by scarletman scarletman wrote:

Originally posted by scarletnut scarletnut wrote:

One of the better refs gone then! I know he has a huge drinking problem as he turned up pissed for a SANZAR refs meeting


Really ? ..

& The source of this information is ?

Thought he was off the sauce? Wink


Posted By: KID A
Date Posted: 11 March 2013 at 8:47pm
So is he sacked?


Posted By: scarletnut
Date Posted: 11 March 2013 at 9:18pm
Originally posted by scarletman scarletman wrote:

Originally posted by scarletnut scarletnut wrote:

One of the better refs gone then! I know he has a huge drinking problem as he turned up pissed for a SANZAR refs meeting


Really ? ..

& The source of this information is ?
an international ref

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I still wake up late at night and think of what might have been when tim stimpson hit that jammy penalty1


Posted By: scarletabroad
Date Posted: 11 March 2013 at 9:33pm
It s well documented and he has admitted he had a drink problem in previous interviews


Posted By: solva
Date Posted: 11 March 2013 at 9:54pm
Originally posted by Blakeney Blakeney wrote:

A report in the Guardian says his contract will be terminated within 72 hours......he was scheduled to take charge of the Wales v England game on Saturday.

3 strikes & your out apparently.

Thoughts...

This did not appear in the Guardian today but in the Independent some four years ago.  He was sacked then. Removed from reffing the 2009 Wales v IRELAND game.  Then subsequently reinstated as part of the Australian panel. 


Posted By: Wil Chips
Date Posted: 12 March 2013 at 3:14am
Quotes without links ennit


Posted By: redeyes
Date Posted: 12 March 2013 at 8:37am
Originally posted by scarletnut scarletnut wrote:

Originally posted by scarletman scarletman wrote:

Originally posted by scarletnut scarletnut wrote:

One of the better refs gone then! I know he has a huge drinking problem as he turned up pissed for a SANZAR refs meeting


Really ? ..

& The source of this information is ?
an international ref

I'd be really careful about posting potentially slanderous statements if I were you.


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Posted By: aber-fan
Date Posted: 12 March 2013 at 9:32am
Originally posted by redeyes redeyes wrote:

Originally posted by scarletnut scarletnut wrote:

Originally posted by scarletman scarletman wrote:

Originally posted by scarletnut scarletnut wrote:

One of the better refs gone then! I know he has a huge drinking problem as he turned up pissed for a SANZAR refs meeting


Really ? ..

& The source of this information is ?
an international ref

I'd be really careful about posting potentially slanderous statements if I were you.


Can't be slander if it's true - Walsh admitted he had a drink problem in 2009 (see below), though it's said that he's off the booze now.

FWIW, though I don't like Walsh as a person ( a ref who wants to be the centre of attention IMO), I'd be happy for him to ref us v England, as the English hate him!

Found online by googling Steve Walsh + drink problem, FYI:

The New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) wasn't prepared to help Steve Walsh with his on-going drinking problems, the long-serving referee said yesterday as he quit the game.

Walsh and the NZRU issued a joint statement announcing his retirement from refereeing.

Walsh told RadioSport he had approached the NZRU for help, "but they weren't prepared to buy into that type of counselling and help".

"I was looking for a last chance, and whether they didn't believe I could do that, I'm not sure. But in the end, they weren't prepared to go down that route," Walsh said.

NZRU general manager of professional rugby Neil Sorenson said the union had offered Walsh plenty of support.

Walsh confirmed he had been in an incident involving alcohol at a Sanzar conference in Sydney in December.

He went out with friends the night before the last day of the three-day conference, and "pretty much drank through the night", arriving for the 9am start still under the influence.

"Pretty much as a consequence of that inquiry and me owning up to my mistakes, the rugby union weren't prepared to give me another chance and the upshot is I've finished refereeing in New Zealand," Walsh said.

Sorenson told RadioSport he had been working with Walsh for the last six to eight months.

"Steve would have received more support from us than any player or administrator that we've ever supported over the last couple of years. That's undeniable and absolutely the honest truth," he said.

Sorenson said the NZRU would continue to support Walsh, until at least the end of this year.

"And at the end of this year we'll be sitting down with him and seeing what we can do going forward."

Walsh said he had struggled with a number of issues in his personal life, and had found he used drink to "relieve those pressures".

The NZRU had offered him support around those other issues, he said.

Walsh realised he had a problem with drinking halfway through last year, and went a community-based alcohol advisory service.

He had thought he was on the right path.

"I take personal responsibility for what I did. It was totally unacceptable but I'm continuing to get help."

Walsh, who refereed his first test match in June 1998, was New Zealand's most experienced international referee.

He had extensive experience at domestic, Super 14 and international level, having refereed in both Six Nations and Tri Nations tests.

He was appointed to the last two Rugby World Cup tournaments.

Sorensen yesterday paid tribute to Walsh for his decision to step down from refereeing and for his record.

"Steve has been an outstanding referee and has officiated some of the biggest matches in world rugby, demonstrating his talent and representing New Zealand on the international stage. At his best, he was a truly world-class referee."

Walsh made his national referee squad debut in 1996 and in total refereed 212 first class games, including 35 tests.

- NZPA








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Posted By: rolly
Date Posted: 12 March 2013 at 9:59am
I'd be quite happy for clancy to have a few beers before he refs a game .



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