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       Re: Nigel Owens: I could still perform at the highest standard
   DIR By: MadMax
       Date: April 17, 2022, 3:42 pm
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       --- Quote from: QuincyJones link ---
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       > I think it's fairly obvious it's an opinion. Of course it's
       specific criticism as those are my gripes. I still don't see why
       I need to be on a World Rugby panel in order to air an opinion.
       Like I said, it's fine not to agree with it.
       >
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       Maybe BB's opinion was that you should be on a World Rugby panel
       to air such an opinion  :)
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       Re: Nigel Owens: I could still perform at the highest standard
   DIR By: QuincyJones
       Date: April 17, 2022, 4:47 pm
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       > Just a thought Owens or Adamson?
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       Oh Owens, definitely
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       Re: Nigel Owens: I could still perform at the highest standard
   DIR By: QuincyJones
       Date: April 17, 2022, 4:48 pm
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       --- Quote from: MadMax link ---
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       > Maybe BB's opinion was that you should be on a World Rugby
       panel to air such an opinion  :)
       >
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       Perhaps it was! Alas, I am not.
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       Re: Nigel Owens: I could still perform at the highest standard
   DIR By: Brown Bottle
       Date: April 17, 2022, 5:30 pm
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       --- Quote from: QuincyJones link ---
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       > Perhaps it was! Alas, I am not.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Don’t worry; they aren’t missing you. 😀
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       Re: Nigel Owens: I could still perform at the highest standard
   DIR By: Bolly-Quin
       Date: April 17, 2022, 6:19 pm
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       --- Quote from: QuincyJones link ---
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       > Not at all, NO used to be one of my favourites. Back when the
       one liners were organic.
       >
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       So do you think that the referee assessment panel - whatever its
       formal name is - turned a blind eye to his search for B-list
       celebrity and his apparent (to you and a few others) lack of
       knowledge of new rules/laws or guidelines?
       I can believe that you didn't like his amusing (or not)
       one-liners but I am not convinced that the committee that
       oversees their performance would have let him get away with a
       failure to grasp the latest laws.
       However, as has been posted elsewhere, there is an equally
       evident choice in how laws are interrupted depending on the
       league you play in, so there is plenty of inconsistency...
       #Post#: 88820--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Nigel Owens: I could still perform at the highest standard
   DIR By: DOK
       Date: April 18, 2022, 5:03 am
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       Nigel Owens' shock secret: He was threatened with 2019 World Cup
       selection axe
  HTML https://www.rugbypass.com/news/nigel-owens-shock-secret-he-was-threatened-with-2019-world-cup-selection-axe-owens/
       #Post#: 88823--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Nigel Owens: I could still perform at the highest standard
   DIR By: Bolly-Quin
       Date: April 18, 2022, 6:56 am
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       --- Quote from: DOK link ---
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       > Nigel Owens' shock secret: He was threatened with 2019 World
       Cup selection axe
  HTML https://www.rugbypass.com/news/nigel-owens-shock-secret-he-was-threatened-with-2019-world-cup-selection-axe-owens/
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       So it would seem that he was censured - I stand corrected -
       QuincyJ: you have a point!
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       Re: Nigel Owens: I could still perform at the highest standard
   DIR By: poorfour
       Date: April 18, 2022, 7:18 am
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       That’s not quite what the article says, though. It’s was
       definitely never as strong as “censure” (which implies a formal
       slap on the wrist) - it was a friendly warning that his recent
       performances weren’t at a level to put him in contention for the
       knock out rounds, and that if he wasn’t at that level then they
       would probably take a less experienced ref to give them
       experience.
       Given that the RWC knockout games are the 8 highest profile
       games in World Rugby and only 4 refs were chosen to handle them,
       it was basically a message that his recent performances had him
       on the borderline of between being just below that level. That’s
       still in the top 5 or 6 in the world, but below the top 3
       position he’d been used to.
       #Post#: 88826--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Nigel Owens: I could still perform at the highest standard
   DIR By: QuincyJones
       Date: April 18, 2022, 7:21 am
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       --- Quote from: Brown Bottle link ---
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       > Don’t worry; they aren’t missing you. 😀
       >
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       Personally, I think they are 😄
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       Re: Nigel Owens: I could still perform at the highest standard
   DIR By: QuincyJones
       Date: April 18, 2022, 7:24 am
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       --- Quote from: Bolly-Quin link ---
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       > So it would seem that he was censured - I stand corrected -
       QuincyJ: you have a point!
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       I definitely think there was a good while where he was no.1 in
       the world - I don't dislike the guy. But his performances
       certainly dropped once he gained a bit more fame.
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