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       #Post#: 22512--------------------------------------------------
       George Clancy
       By: RCG Date: October 29, 2020, 5:14 pm
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       Has hung up his whistle, 17 years a referee.
       My feelings of Clancy are well documented but in spite of that,
       good luck going forward
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       Re: George Clancy
       By: guest42 Date: October 30, 2020, 7:02 am
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       Can we refer that to the TMO to confirm please?
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       Re: George Clancy
       By: AFAref Date: October 31, 2020, 9:28 am
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       George Clancy has retired from refereeing to take up a senior
       manager position in the Irish Civil Service
  HTML https://www.irishrugby.ie/2020/10/29/it-has-been-an-unbelievable-journey-clancy-steps-away-from-refereeing/
       125 Pro14, 75 Champions Cup and 46 international fixtures as
       well going to 2 world cups in spite of having Type 1 diabetes.
       Not a referee who inspired me with confidence, however, to have
       done all the matches above in a 17 year career is a feat in
       itself and good luck to him
       #Post#: 22721--------------------------------------------------
       Re: George Clancy
       By: Whistleblower Date: November 6, 2020, 7:50 am
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       Over the years Ireland has produced some outstandingly excellent
       Rugby Union referees. George Clancy's name will not find a place
       in that illustrious group. A journeyman referee who, to my way
       of thinking, used to receive far better appointments than his
       performances deserved. However, over the past few years i think
       the Rugby authorities rather saw through him a bit more and he
       didn't get the international fixtures he once did.
       Clancy has the deserved reputation of being extremely affable
       and very good company and I suspect this, rather than his purely
       technical ability, may have helped further his progression when
       Rugby was a much more social game than it is now.
       Good luck to him in his future endeavours and profession.
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       Re: George Clancy
       By: Hendo Date: November 6, 2020, 10:54 am
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       [quote author=Whistleblower link=topic=1888.msg22721#msg22721
       date=1604670604]
       Over the years Ireland has produced some outstandingly excellent
       Rugby Union referees. George Clancy's name will not find a place
       in that illustrious group. A journeyman referee who, to my way
       of thinking, used to receive far better appointments than his
       performances deserved. However, over the past few years i think
       the Rugby authorities rather saw through him a bit more and he
       didn't get the international fixtures he once did.
       Clancy has the deserved reputation of being extremely affable
       and very good company and I suspect this, rather than his purely
       technical ability, may have helped further his progression when
       Rugby was a much more social game than it is now.
       Good luck to him in his future endeavours and profession.
       [/quote]
       Well put Whistleblower. In the interview which RCG pointed us to
       I think it confirms what a decent sort of person he is but, as
       you say, he will not linger long when folk recall the
       outstanding Irish refs of yesteryear such as Alain Rolland, John
       West, Stephen Hilditch and Owen Doyle.
       #Post#: 22733--------------------------------------------------
       Re: George Clancy
       By: JCFC Date: November 6, 2020, 11:16 am
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       ... not to mention Kevin Kelleher, Paddy D'Arcy, David Burnett
       and Alan Lewis.
       At least he was ahead of Donal Courtney in the pantheon.
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