Referee Luke Pearce was widely praised for his ‘no bullsh**’ approach to the Six Nations clash between Scotland and Ireland at Murrayfield.
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Marching players back on multiple occasions for decent, and threatening Andrew Porter with a yellow card himself as the prop demanded Stuart Hogg be sin-binned.
One fan wrote: “Love the way Pearce referee’s. He’s like the new Nigel Owens.”
A second said: “Pearce is the best ref I the world right now. No bullsh**.”
Another commented: “Well done Mr Pearce. Need to stop this football-like behaviour.”
“Luke Pearce doesn’t get everything right, but the way he deals with petulant players is absolutely superb.
SCENARIO 1: Porter demands yellow
SCENARIO 2: Jamie Ritchie questions Pearce
Six Nations referee’s reveal the ‘toughest’ players to referee
Interestingly, one name cropped up on three occasions…
Matthew Carley – Steve Borthwick
On Borthwick: “A difficult question. When I first started refereeing in the Premiership Steve Borthwick was one of the guys who was pretty intimidating.
“He saw that everything was on ‘his terms, whether you like it or not’. He had such presence. I think you learn how to deal with people like that as a ref, but Steve Borthwick, was as tough as they come.”
