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Luke Pearce Interview
By: Alfie75 Date: January 15, 2025, 10:00 am
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If anyone is interested, Luke Pearce appeared on the GBR (Good
Bad Rugby Podcast) and gave a really interesting interview.
Some revealing information (which I feel may come back to hurt
him with the authorities).
Here's what I picked out:
Touched on the Chris Busby incident and pretty much revealed
that whilst the Social Media attack was a contributing factor,
there were other factors which influenced his result.
Ultimately, it seems he fell out of love for refereeing and
wanted to spend more time with his young family.
Feels that authorities should be clear and transparent on how
referees are accountable for their performances.
Not a fan of law trials mid-season and finds it strange that
there are different laws for different competitions and
hemisphere's. He did state that he was in favour of WR trying to
change and adjust.
It was clear that even after the World Cup - levels of scrutiny
and stress has increased by the authorities.
He touched on the fact that he liked the new management
structure put in place by WR for match officials and more
revealingly he confirmed how disappointed he felt his World Cup
was and stated, "Clearly I didn't do enough to impress the
management team to be considered for a KO appointment". You
could also tell he didn't agree with that and felt he was
deserved of at least a QF match!!
He acknowledged that he was annoyed immediately after the WC and
it played out with the Farrell incident.
A few more areas such as simulation and other areas of clarity
within laws and officiating.
It's about 45 minutes long and worth a listen!!
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Re: Luke Pearce Interview
By: BabyRef Date: January 17, 2025, 12:07 pm
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I was surprised by how candid he was and how willing he was to
be critical of the powers that be.
He in my mind is still the best English referee and one of the
best in the world - it's a mystery to me why he seems to have
fallen out of favour - I hope the interview isn't held against
him.
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Re: Luke Pearce Interview
By: Hendo Date: January 18, 2025, 10:55 am
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[quote author=BabyRef link=topic=6622.msg87432#msg87432
date=1737137236]
I was surprised by how candid he was and how willing he was to
be critical of the powers that be.
He in my mind is still the best English referee and one of the
best in the world - it's a mystery to me why he seems to have
fallen out of favour - I hope the interview isn't held against
him.
[/quote]
Totally agree, an excellent referee whose omission from any part
in the knock out stages of WC is both mysterious and criminal.
When you consider that all the other referees had some part to
play - middle, assistant, reserve official etc - including the
far inferior Dickson and Carley ( who both ran the line in the
final too) but Pearce was left out in the cold it beggars
belief.
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Re: Luke Pearce Interview
By: Whistleblower Date: January 19, 2025, 10:17 am
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[quote author=Hendo link=topic=6622.msg87463#msg87463
date=1737219348]
[quote author=BabyRef link=topic=6622.msg87432#msg87432
date=1737137236]
I was surprised by how candid he was and how willing he was to
be critical of the powers that be.
He in my mind is still the best English referee and one of the
best in the world - it's a mystery to me why he seems to have
fallen out of favour - I hope the interview isn't held against
him.
[/quote]
Totally agree, an excellent referee whose omission from any part
in the knock out stages of WC is both mysterious and criminal.
When you consider that all the other referees had some part to
play - middle, assistant, reserve official etc - including the
far inferior Dickson and Carley ( who both ran the line in the
final too) but Pearce was left out in the cold it beggars
belief.
[/quote]
I agree entirely. I remain unconvinced it's about form or
performance; Luke Pearce has annoyed somebody high up in WR and
is, I suspect, paying the price.
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