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Ian Madigan has brilliant Twitter conversation with not so observant rugby fan
By Ian Cameron
One of the enduring qualities of Twitter is that it can pitch average Joe Soaps sports fan into direct dialogues with people of varying degrees of fame, be it sporting or otherwise.
One such Twitter thread occurred in the wake of Bristol's victory over Cornish Pirates at Ashton Gate on Friday, in which Bristol flyhalf Ian Madigan came to the defence of the officiating.
All three of the officials were women.
A fan wasn't best pleased with the female referees, Tweeting: "That was sadly the worst officiating I’ve seen in a long time! Embarrassment to the league and the game in general. Was this first time there’s been 3 females? Hasn’t helped cause of getting more female officials in to game - sadly. Did occasion get to them = silence from TMO?"
Madigan did not agree, but the Tweeter he responded to didn't quite appreciate the Irish pivot's perspective on the matter.
Game, set and match Mr Madigan.
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It’s a good, timely wake up call for NZ Rugby (seem to be a few of them lately!) - sort out the bureaucratic nonsense at board level. We can’t expect to stay the number one option without keeping fans/players engaged. We’ve obviously been bleeding players to league for years but can’t let the floodgates open (although I think this headline is hyperbolic as it’s a result of a recent Warriors pathways system where they are tracking things more closely) Understand the need to focus boys on rugby if they’re at a proud rugby school too, don’t think it’s harsh at all re Barakat in Hamilton. Reward the committed players with squad positions. An elite 1st XV system in NZ has done more for league than they even realise, think it’s good to protect our game further.
Go to commentsDon’t pay a blind bit of notice to Lukie… he likes the sound of his own voice and is always looking for something controversial to say. He has been banging on about Leinster's defensive system all season like he knows something Jacques Nienebar doesn’t. Which is the reason why he didn’t apply for the job obviously
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