Joe
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Rugby, Cricket, Sailing, Snow - and lately a lot of cycling. Rugby referee with @Official_LSRFUR and the RFU. All my own views. Obviously.
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Joined June 2014
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Morning running in Bushy Park with @EnglandRugby refs ahead of a busy weekend in @premrugby @SixNationsRugby #legsgone
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National League Match Officials - Technical Session. @Twickenhamstad Thanks to Professional Referees - Joe James & Craig Maxwell-Keys for supporting. NLMOT Match Officials going through latest trends
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Premiership Rugby and its Clubs are joining forces to support @stonewalluk #RainbowLaces this weekend to promote equality 🏳️🌈 EVERYONE is welcome in rugby. Get your lace and show your support. Find out more ➡️ https://t.co/etWgVgMAS5
#RugbyRainbowLaces | @GallagherUK
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It’s Tony Spreadbury’s final day at the RFU in charge of the Premiership’s referees. If you think Top Gun then Spreaders is Viper, making sure the best of the best get even better. He’s off to look after Europe’s elite refs. You can never have too many people like Spreaders.
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Ten random thoughts about bin day. ( https://t.co/wVSQOwYhQD for more of this malarkey, originally featured in the @Telegraph)
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In a world increasingly full of 🦔, try to be a 🦊.... Lovely article from Matthew Syed Piers Morgan’s idiotic rants reduce subtle arguments to soundbites https://t.co/lgKzZfck7U
thetimes.com
Deborah James is a fabulous person. Diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer in 2016, she has become an inspirational campaigner, writing a bestselling book and col
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Not much in world sport is as pleasing as the Aussies getting beaten at cricket in their own back yard.... especially after giving it so much chat throughout*. *England wins and Lions tour victories aside! 🏴 🦁 🏉 🏏
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There are definitely perils to commentating off the TV... 🤣🤣🤣 📻 https://t.co/EMlbvqN838 💻 https://t.co/HAB6CjYrnP
#bbccricket #SLvsENG
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Lockdown options: 1. Get in best shape of life. 2. Eat another biscuit. Best have a biscuit while deciding.
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Lockdown centrism, a.k.a. there go my followers. https://t.co/A9E5RBz2yP
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Scepticism is supposed to be the bedrock of science. But where scepticism shades into cynicism it can be as blind to changing events as the unexamined credence it claims to displace. Scientific...
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Phrases I never want to hear again: “The magic wall” “Key race alert” “Miami-Dade” “Kenosha” “Wayne county”
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Never again can Americans mock cricket because it goes on for days with no clear winner . #USElection2020
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I struggled a lot in my first term at uni. Not being able to socialise, combined with 'you can't go home for xmas' threats ... I'd have just quit. Scot & Eng going to be picking up a huge mental health tab. It's a balance & this feels it's tipped too far in the wrong direction.
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Macro worries: - The economy - Jobs - Community and professional sport - The hospitality sector - Seems like this might all be a bit unsustainable... Personal complaints: - It would have been nice to get married... - I miss rugby
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I suspect millions have the same view as me. Supported the first lockdown in the face of an unknown virus, but vehemently oppose another shutdown now we know far more about how to deal with it. We can't continue this cycle waiting for a vaccine that may never come.
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Looking forward to another training webinar on Thursday evening! 👨🏫 Focus this month is game reviewing 📺 📖 All the details and sign up info on the website as usual ✔️ 8pm - all welcome! 🏉 👍
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Why the whistle went. Prem refs briefing us today on the new breakdown interpretations. They know you & me won’t agree with every decision this weekend, but this kind of relationship with coaches, players and the media help us all understand what they’re looking for.
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