"I don't think we've met before, but I'm the referee on this field, not you." What a legend!
@morpheusspirit6609
3 жыл бұрын
I agree!! Absolutely brilliant!! One reason I enjoy watching rugby.
@Aidankiwi
8 жыл бұрын
Nigel Owens one of the best. No nonsense.
@chinesespeakwelsh
8 жыл бұрын
+Aidankiwi for sure, mate. for sure.
@tommyatkins2527
8 жыл бұрын
He enforces rules of rugby Awesome ref
@martintheiss743
6 жыл бұрын
He is still young enough to meet with Troy Vincent. I wonder if that would get interesting.
@Sahadi420
10 жыл бұрын
I love how the officials are allowed to talk to the players like little kids.
@danielbottomley2780
2 жыл бұрын
I luff (love) the fact that the players ARE AS NAUGHTY as kids, that requires the referees to act like the 'father scolding his children'!!
@JodyFrancisWall
11 ай бұрын
There's plenty of clips of referees talking to players as adults. As is appropriate. Just as they address them as school boys when they act as school boys.
@zoidberg444
4 жыл бұрын
Always appreciate how rugby is conducted and the professionalism of players and refs. No shouting or abuse. Just matter of fact laying down of the law.
@rohithraman6488
Жыл бұрын
We need mic'd up refs in football. At least we can listen to the refs explaining why they have made a particular decision, or they should just do post match interviews like players and managers
@12gorman34
9 жыл бұрын
Great referee , I love that in rugby there is the utmost respect for officials, Nigel Owens is one of the best, always consistent, should referee more rugby champ games, some shocking refereeing going on there!
@manouchk38
8 жыл бұрын
It's rugby! Referee's decisions are not to be discussed!
@julienhopmans9031
8 жыл бұрын
True
@edemoi3817
11 ай бұрын
Yes. It is liké this. You go to war but you do not touch a referee. This is rugby.
@JodyFrancisWall
11 ай бұрын
It can be discussed. It'll be a short discussion. The player likely won't agree with the outcome. Shouting is not discussing.
@manouchk38
11 ай бұрын
@@JodyFrancisWall The rules are clear. Players must respect the authority of the referee. They must not dispute the referee’s decisions. They must stop playing immediately when the referee blows the whistle to stop play. There is also a true tradition of respect of referee and referee's discussion in rugby. What occurs sometimes is explanations in order to understand the decision. Not contestation.
@JodyFrancisWall
11 ай бұрын
@manouchk38 I understand the rules. However, the practicality of life means literally every game players question referees.
@MsBuppett
9 жыл бұрын
As a kiwi, I love Nigel Owens, he is by far the Top ref in the world rugby, hands down.
@stevesobchak9169
3 жыл бұрын
Sad that he's now retired.😔
@MDKamijo
2 жыл бұрын
The top ref in the world, no matter which sport we're talking about!
@fragmentshader2878
8 жыл бұрын
Do these people realize he's talking about how soccer players think THEY are the referees and that they have to argue about everything the referee says and not about how rugby and soccer are different sports?
@shukanzaki
8 жыл бұрын
+Ramiro Basso You are right.I hate to see soccer players not respect referee and complain on his every judge.I love to see rugby players respect referee and make good game with him.
@fragmentshader2878
8 жыл бұрын
I don't even like sports, but i think that if there's someone who watches over the match, you need to respect everything he says, if what he says is wrong or not that's something that should be discussed afterwards. =3
@tobbexbg4096
7 жыл бұрын
yall are both wrong you dont know shit about football if you would knew the rullers of the best game in the world you would knew why they arugue with the ref
@India.H
7 жыл бұрын
Owens is the referee. Not the players. There's no arguing with him. On the pitch, he's in charge.But please, enlighten us.
@dawnnorcup2020
6 жыл бұрын
TobbexBG they argue with the ref because ther pricks ? Is that the rule ?
@thakrak
10 жыл бұрын
Players wouldn't cheat and refs would be "blind" in football if they could be heard by tv and the whole stadiums as it happens in rugby...
@nexxogen
9 жыл бұрын
So much about the belief that only Americans use the word "soccer".
@mikeygormley
9 жыл бұрын
nexxogen To be fair it's actually called Rugby Football so some people involved with Rugby refer to it as Soccer as Nigel Owens did here.
@nexxogen
9 жыл бұрын
Mikey Gormley And to be even more fair than that, the word soccer is used in all countries where some other football code is more popular. Like Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, Ireland... And on top of that, the word itself was invented by an Englishman who WAS a soccer player.
@mikeygormley
9 жыл бұрын
nexxogen That's true I'm Irish and we have our own Gaelic Football so we use the word soccer but really only to avoid confusion. If it was obvious Association Football was what we were talking about then we'd say football. I think the reason people don't like Americans saying soccer is that some I've met are fiercely protective of the word football almost as if it should be reserved just for them. A friend of mine refused to even recognise it being applied to the sport of soccer. Some people just get carried away.
@nexxogen
9 жыл бұрын
Mikey Gormley Just like some soccer fans are fiercely protective of the word as well, and won't even recognize that there's more than just one game called football but instead consider those games fake footballs that don't deserve that name. There's idiots everywhere. I think that the only reason why everyone gets angry when Americans say soccer is because they don't know that the word is not only being used in America, and that there's a good reason for it's usage, and not for the reasons you stated. I know people that get ANGRY when they hear the word soccer, and they have never even spoken to an American ever, to know what their attitude about the word "football" is.
@mikeygormley
9 жыл бұрын
nexxogen I'm not sure I can agree with that. I wouldn't go as far as saying fake but a 'soccer' fans biggest argument is that when considering the very nature of the word football soccer is the only code that can claim their game is played predominantly with the foot and they were using the word long before Rugby and a hell of a lot longer before Gridiron. While I wouldn't say anybody deserves to be fiercely protective, I would defend the argument that the word football is most historically and practically applicable to the association code. Honestly I'm a rugby fan but I think to apply the word football to either it or Gridiron is inaccurate. Ireland had a rugby manager who always referred to the 'football' in interviews. 'We held on to the football, we advanced the football etc etc' and everyone would just roll their eyes.
@marcstixdavey
11 жыл бұрын
Too right, mate - I'm actually a junior ref in South Australia myself, and it's incredible the amount of respect you're given just for being the ref!
@morpheusspirit6609
Жыл бұрын
Total admiration to Nigel Owens!! I’m a soccer fan but I sometimes feel ashamed and embarrassed of the terrible immature and disrespectful behaviour some players have toward the referee. But rugby it’s totally different. And Nigel is the reflection of it. No nonsense and total respect to him!!
@rohithraman6488
Жыл бұрын
We need mic'd up refs in football in my opinion just like rugby
@naas699
Жыл бұрын
well that's on the soccer refs. next time a player comes up shouting in thir face or spitting on them - yellow card, if they keep it up - red. thet;ll put an end to it quick smart
@Account.for.Comment
7 ай бұрын
@@naas699that's in the laws of the game, but no refs do it, becauae otherwise there will be no player left, and he will got abused for years afterward if it is an important game.
@John-ml8qf
4 жыл бұрын
You need to be stern and firm to manage 30 giants on the field.
@pedrorivera8255
8 жыл бұрын
Nigel "The Boss" Owens👍
@iBlueGaming
12 жыл бұрын
“Football is a game you play with your brain.” Johan Cruyff "Football is simple. But the hardest thing is to play football in a simple way." Johan Cruyff "Little by little you have to teach the United States that this is the best game in the world." Johan Cruyff
@Luic1987
11 жыл бұрын
A real old-school PE teacher (ex-Army too) from Somerset at school once did this to me. Piss poor weather, year 10 game and I protested a turnover ball at the breakdown, claiming hands. He stopped the game, pulled me over and gave what seemed like and endless barrage of abuse & ended it with his boiling red face less than 10cm from mine and shouted, "THIS IS NOT SOCCER, LITTLE BOY!!" I was spat all over, and duly sin-binned and given detention. The teacher's still a legend though in my eyes.
@brianmackle955
10 жыл бұрын
Owens is so right............Soccer would benefit with some of his style of refereeing. Interesting to see comments below, football can be rugby or soccer or American or Gaelic (Ireland) football, although I guess in the USA three or four kicks (of the ball) in a game dilutes the use of foot in the title !
@brianmackle955
10 жыл бұрын
Apologies...........also of course Australian football.
@messilionel-lf9hf
6 жыл бұрын
Brian Mackle kiss my ass
@EPR89
11 жыл бұрын
Ah man! This is just beautiful. That's what I love about Rugby. Discipline.
@vadarman9906
11 ай бұрын
Love how ruggers put respect on the ref's name
@BroadwayJoe99
10 жыл бұрын
This is why I love rugby.
@messilionel-lf9hf
6 жыл бұрын
BroadwayJoe99 this is why i hate rugby Bunch of twats Even the ref is a twat BTW i cringed when he said soccer with his welsh accent Sound like my shit hitting the toilet
@hajones10
12 жыл бұрын
wish we could always hear the ref's explanations in every sport
@TheAmbuman1
11 жыл бұрын
nigel owens is a legend
@1chish
6 жыл бұрын
When I played only 2 people were allowed to chat on the field with the ref and that was the two Skippers. If you ever did answer back over a foul then they used to walk 10 yards nearer your posts!
@ddtblog1
12 жыл бұрын
@divmang These sports are called football because you can score points in all these codes by kicking the ball some way. In the beginning a try wasn't worth a single point, they counted the goals from the coversions.
@Sykesee
11 жыл бұрын
Best ref ever!!!!
@The01Toby
12 жыл бұрын
What a referee. An idol for me being an aspiring referee
@joshbolam7683
10 жыл бұрын
Nigel Owens = complete lad.
@brianneale2006
9 жыл бұрын
Good old Nigel he is the boss and this is rugby not football
@messilionel-lf9hf
6 жыл бұрын
Brian Neale we now that no need for ur dumb ass to say that
@martintheiss743
6 жыл бұрын
Don't speak too soon Brian.
@Theocook1
7 жыл бұрын
Key difference is that in rugby the decisions made by the referee are not up for discussion. To be honest I don't see why football players even bother complaining. Has anyone ever actually seen a top tier referee change his mind because of players complaining to him? Because I haven't. It's just disrespectful sniping with no clear purpose.
@serrie85
7 жыл бұрын
I think I saw it once on German league. That after protests the ref ask the player if he made hand ball. And that player admits it so the ref changed his dicisioun
@Theocook1
7 жыл бұрын
I said football, the sport you call soccer for some reason. I wasn't talking about handegg...
@Gokersky
6 жыл бұрын
They usually complain to put pressure on the referee, to affect the future calls. It sucks but football players aren't above getting any sort of benefit they can get regardless of how it makes them look.
@messilionel-lf9hf
6 жыл бұрын
Theocook1 the sport allow discussion .a friendly one .only the captain of the team is allowed If u gonna do anu disrespect move or say something u got a redbcard If u scream on the ref he can give u a red card Most of the refs give a yellow card If the ref want really to fuck u up He can give u a red card and then write a report to the FA And then the FA gonna fuck u up really bad + if aplayer punsh the ref ...he get banned for life
@greenbrickbox3392
10 ай бұрын
@@Theocook1association football aka soccer is an English term that gained prominence in multiple English speaking countries prior to England deciding to officially call the sport football. By this time those English speaking countries had their own types of football whether it was gridiron football, Australian football, Gaelic football or Rugby football so association football kept being called soccer.
@MrHistorian123
11 жыл бұрын
I wish some football referees would be as strong and that the FA would back them if they are. Nigel Owens is a legend.
@zefini
10 жыл бұрын
honest? i like football(soccer), i'm brazilian, but honestly i'm tired. It's annoying to see drama queens players wipping, nodding, shouting like spoiled kids and faking injuries all the time. I't's awesome to see a sport where you have to stick to your job. I don't follow european soccer, so i don't know if it's the same there.
@Brrrrr693
11 жыл бұрын
thats a good ref :)
@SuperVital83
12 жыл бұрын
Enorme el senyor Nigel Owens!! Al futbol li falta aprendre molt del rugbi!! The ref is the most important person in the game. Without him, our sport will be no possible to be played....RESPECT!
@robicenco1
11 жыл бұрын
Good stuff from Owens. HOWEVER, I've got no time for rugby supporters who routinely mock football. Many modern-day footballers are embarrassments to their sport, but the game in itself is a great one that was historically played by real men, and still is at most levels.
@TheKraaken1
12 жыл бұрын
Nigel, you're the BEST!
@K20491
8 жыл бұрын
Sure he will be the ref in the RWC 2015 final, no one deserves it more.
@ndsamsays
12 жыл бұрын
the context is totally appropriate in their culture, hes not saying it in terms or theyre not playing soccer. geeze. o__O
@sammyhill69
10 жыл бұрын
Football and Rugby Union are the best sports in the world, bar none. Yes, believe it or not a person can love both. I am living proof!
@Polovene
9 жыл бұрын
it's called soccer. ^_^ and its a simple sport for simple people
@raoulduke1961
9 жыл бұрын
***** Doesn't matter what the "original name" was. Rugby football came before Association Football, the later of which was commonly named Soccer to make it less confusing. True rugby fans call it Soccer.
@ceekoolo76
12 жыл бұрын
This is one of the reasons why Rugby is far superior to soccer/football. And I like it ;-)
@ddtblog1
11 жыл бұрын
It's nice to hear that. Maybe I'm wrong saying the discussion "football vs soccer" is pointless, cause rugby is a professional sport only in a few european countries.
@celticwarrior1365
6 жыл бұрын
This is one of those rare occasions when I will side with Nigel Owens as a fellow Celt!
@Brad-tu7zs
2 жыл бұрын
How are you a warrior exactly? Lul
@Luic1987
11 жыл бұрын
no that's dublin, rest of the country nearly always means Gaelic Football when they say "football", although in Limerick "a game of footy" often refers to Rugby Union aswell.
@irishgandalf757
11 жыл бұрын
Also technically Rugby's full name is Rugby Football. He may have been trying to make a point of differentiating the two sports by calling football, soccer.
@keenanfishwick
10 жыл бұрын
best ref in the world!
@nate6907
6 жыл бұрын
I know that feeling when a teacher or someone calls you and another person but talks to them first and slowly turns to you, you know it's not good.
@BF3Elroy1990
11 жыл бұрын
I play soccer, but i think this is freaking hilarious. He is right!
@cyclingnut2122
7 жыл бұрын
Nigel Owens is awesome
@Enginauck
12 жыл бұрын
This is Blasphemy, this is Soccer ! This is not soccer , THIS.... IS .....RUGBY !!
@divmang
12 жыл бұрын
@ddtblog1 How many do you actually play....with your foot? :P
@aramanon
11 жыл бұрын
It's odd because I was always convinced that the phrase "Barry John is the best footballer in history" and "great football skills from O'Driscoll there" were perfectly acceptable phrases.
@bitofeverything10
11 жыл бұрын
well the idea of rugby came about when william webb ellis picked up a ball during football and ran with it so yeah it wasnt 'at one time' or originally had, because it was the lovechild of football and webb ellis
@chrisphillips8556
10 жыл бұрын
actually it's Association football and Rugby union football. Both sports are football, as are; Aussie rules, american, Gaelic, Rugby league. Soccer comes from a shortening of the word association (although i agree not the most obvious shortening) Soccer players/fans need to stop thinking they have the monopoly on the word football. I honestly dont understand why they get so upset about it, its just a slang word for their sport used by loads of people.
@JohnRitchiejd23
2 жыл бұрын
Arguably the greatest sound byte in the history of rugby.
@joncurtis199
12 жыл бұрын
Regardless of the differences and whether one game is more entertaining than the other, this referee is an role model for officials in all sports.
@MrBaggyt1
11 жыл бұрын
the ref rules the park. Difference between rugby and football. Even in the lowest of the low leagues. The ref speaks, you listen.
@burnsyboyy7534
6 жыл бұрын
Yes Nige 👍👍👍🏴
@oisinkierancoyle5518
6 ай бұрын
You’ll never get away with behaving like a soccer player on a rugby field 🏉
@HoveRugbyClub
11 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, you are making the same mistake again - confusing the terms Football and Soccer. Football was a generic term applied to the games played at most of the public schools. Harrow, Eton, Rugby etc. all had their own versions. There were also other forms of the game mainly on Shrove Tuesday for 100s of years. Ref: Alnwick. But, it remains a fact that Rugby Football was popular before Association Football and that is why Rugby is referred to as football and Association as Soccer.
@spesh1122
12 жыл бұрын
@sionnyn no he's speaking english to Conor Murray.
@aseroxmilez
11 жыл бұрын
yo after watching this... damn i hated the touch pause engage.. loving the touch crouch set scrum initiation
@madblaa
12 жыл бұрын
If refs in football had either the courage or the brains, football wouldn't like how it is. I hate rugby, but lessons could be learned here!
@aaronchand1599
3 жыл бұрын
Owens doesn't informs you of a rugby rule......he enforces it! Lmao
@Wook5ter
12 жыл бұрын
@DCTheGuitarist They trialled it and discontinued it because of the lack of balls from the refs to enforce the rule. Why? Because the uncouth crowds bay for the referee's blood which affects the players making them more aggressive. Subsequently the FA got cold feet because as usual they didn't have the guts to assert themselves and follow through.
@martintheiss743
6 жыл бұрын
I wonder if Nigel Owens ever compared himself to Ed Hochuli. I think it would be wild to see Hochuli as a line official for the Australian Rugby Board.
@benniecady9194
7 ай бұрын
To everyone who says it's football. Nigel has spoken.
@GWLAD
11 жыл бұрын
class just class the best rugby ref in the world
@o0MrMean0o
11 жыл бұрын
the original name for British football was 'Association Football'. Rugby was originally called Rugby Football hence the RFU in team names. Soccer is derived from Association Football as a shorter name. technically therefore, rugby is 'rugby football' and British Football is 'soccer'. If you don't believe me, go look in an A level PE 'A2' textbook on History of sport and case studies.
@MultiJimbo777
12 жыл бұрын
no not really I've heard people in Ireland say soccer and everyone says "it's football not soccer".
@cspresimir
11 жыл бұрын
Nope, from my point-of-view it's not pointless. In-between the verbal clashes, I've learned one or two new facts.
@AsifAli-et9hx
8 ай бұрын
My favourite still is “the football stadium is 500 yards that way” 😂😂😂
@TOHOFIEND54
10 жыл бұрын
ridiculous, it's like fighting over whether a Television's called a TV or a telly. It's still a damned television either way
@melegyke
10 жыл бұрын
No its a telly
@WickedWaiata
10 жыл бұрын
haha
@messilionel-lf9hf
6 жыл бұрын
Joseph Rouleau its football
@jordiejonny
11 жыл бұрын
Just because ancient greeks and romans played ball games in which they occasionall kicked the ball doesn't mean they invented football. Besides my opinion on the importance of what someone calls a sport has changed since last year. Im only responding out of boredom.
@MegaFincham
12 жыл бұрын
i can understand why he called if soccer in other parts of the world like new zealand for example want a quick game of footy can reference rugby
@Luic1987
11 жыл бұрын
I'd like to add to your point that the irony is that today you are far more likely to be hacked, kicked or tripped in soccer than you are likely to be in either rugby code, yet that is the rule in which the sports (back then all just football) had a reason to split in the firstplace, as the soccer rules proponents were the ones more in favour of making it illegal. As importantly, the majority of people don't know the "no hands rule" wasn't in soccer from the onset, but that it was added later.
@hotd0gheaven
12 жыл бұрын
@K20491 thanks...
@aramanon
11 жыл бұрын
Maybe a coach should teach a scrumhalf to keep schtum, I don't understand if you think it's the ref's job to teach a player to play the game, not for penalties. Anyway, it's rugby tradition that the 7 will be playing the ball on the floor and the 9 will be whiging about something, every game around the world the ref gives the same lecture :D
@MobKnowledge
11 жыл бұрын
I think this is the first time I've heard a European use the term 'soccer'.
@romelnegut2005
8 жыл бұрын
He doesn't mess around.
@zniesmaczony
8 жыл бұрын
Could anyone tell me what did Owens promise to do if he would hear the guy shouting again? The accent makes understanding him tricky.
@zniesmaczony
8 жыл бұрын
+2001Horatio thanks :)
@bebeg604
8 жыл бұрын
+zniesmaczony 10mins in the sin bin will shut up any player!
@DanielTeras
8 жыл бұрын
+zniesmaczony I don't think he understood the joke, or am I just dirty?
@HoveRugbyClub
11 жыл бұрын
That is where you are wrong. I have always referred to Association Football as Soccer. The word Soccer comes from asSOCiation. Of the various forms of the game that became popular, Rugby Football was first and Association Football came later. Therefore you will find that older clubs (such a Brighton FC) are rugby clubs whose name is Football Club. Rugby was first and so it is called football and AF is called Soccer. See Leeds Utd. They are suffixed AFC.
@billywhizz188
11 жыл бұрын
respect!
@naveensilva2312
7 жыл бұрын
Just fucking brilliant!
@kenosull
12 жыл бұрын
@Liquid Yogi: I've played AND coached both rugby and football. That enough "understanding" and "experience" for you?
@avfc85
11 жыл бұрын
He did. He really did. He served me so hard that when i called him thick he thought I was calling him fat. Ouch. Must have been an ace.
@Luic1987
11 жыл бұрын
i should add although a truth it's in toungue and cheek there and not hating modern england per se. In fact it's rather comical in some ways the whole audacity of the attitude that victorians had re: fair play, sport etc., when you think about it.
@Luic1987
11 жыл бұрын
Oh and FIFA is an acronym for, "La Fédération Internationale de Football Association". So even they say association and they run your game!
@angeloruiz1873
10 жыл бұрын
so i get this clear, unless your a captain, you can't argue right?
@themajesticdoge298
6 жыл бұрын
made ya dash yep
@kissmywhip
11 жыл бұрын
Nigel Owens is one of those refs who isn't afraid to tell it how it is. I think all referees should be like him, including football refs. Then I'd actually sit and watch it instead of 6 or 7 players gathering around a red screaming at him. This is reffing at its finest.
@ddtblog1
12 жыл бұрын
Come on, it's really entertaining to listen the rugby refs. In union I like them for the teaching style, in the NRL the refs are more friendly to the players but it's still better than what we see in soccer.
@domroberts5570
Жыл бұрын
Football needs to take some notes from refereeing in rugby. Nigel Owens excellent
@bighands69
Жыл бұрын
Football used to be like that were the ref was show respect. Players knew not to cross the ref. I am talking about how it used to be in the UK.
@vorno102
11 жыл бұрын
That's not 100% true, the game of Rugby Football was created by the boys of Rugby School during a match of original Rugby football where the boys would discuss and change the rules as and when they wanted. All different public (thats private + boarding) schools had their own football, Rugby School, Eton, Harrow, Westminster etc. The only mainstream forms of these variations of football that remain is Rugby football (in League and Union forms) and Westminster football, still played at the school
@alihire
10 жыл бұрын
Hmm. I agree with you in part. The game of football is a good one. Skilful, tactically tough and demands good fitness. My problem with football is exactly what this video highlights; a complete lack of respect for the officials. And I'm a rugby player of 23 years and a (5 a side) footballer of the last 5 or so.
@GetOnTheFloor82
9 жыл бұрын
Legend!!!
@martintheiss743
6 жыл бұрын
We know nothing of him in the USA. Perhaps he could take advantage of the rumored need for 5 part time positions around Twittingham?
@TheEggytv
11 жыл бұрын
i wish football had the same respect for refs would make the game a bit more palatable for everyone
@DoubleWavedYellows
11 жыл бұрын
Can a player ask the referee directly for an explanation of a decision made against him that he may not understand, or does he have to go through his captain?
@toffeelatte6042
7 ай бұрын
There's a reason refs are respected in referee - they're mic'd up. So even if you don't agree with them, you at least know why they make the judgements they make. Also an example why VAR isn't the issue in football, VAR is fantastic in Rugby and is transparent. The issue in football is how it's implemented. Referees can discuss, say or do whatever, and no-one else knows what they said. And if they're taking the piss, the FAs of the world protect them and you will be punished if you call foul on them.
@micktu8139
10 жыл бұрын
I wish the scrum law were still the same.... compare to now
@Luic1987
11 жыл бұрын
It's not. I wrote the comment in a drunken state around christmas time, read it back the next day, saw it and facepalmed myself. Despite this glaring inaccuracy, somehow this comment has become the top rated on this video by the vox populi of the internet, and thus about once a week I am reminded of my past indiscretions on a keyboard. There a lesson in that somewhere.
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