10 Minutes of Nigel Owens being Nigel Owens | The Referee Grand Master
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Mr Andrew forde I'm the guy who makes the comment , not you , there was nothing wrong with this video , if you keep posting this kind of videos I'm not gonna penalize you , this is the end of the conversation , off you go
Qwerty Yuyop sorry mr ref! Thank you mr ref!
Worthy!
@@AndrewDavidForde no need to call me me ref, it's ok
The way Nigel says "off you go" is awesome. It's final, and tail between the legs is the only response.
The soccer pitch is 500 yards that way!🤣
"I don't think that we have met before, but I am the referee on this field." A truly immortal introduction.
I’m definitely using that line the next time I referee a match.
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Cool bro good job
The “er, Christopher” “sorry, Sir” interaction is my favourite of all time. The schoolmaster tone, the use of his full name, the simple look with raised eyebrows - pure gold *chef’s kiss*
Couldnt agree more, classic Nigel Owens.
Only one person ever called me 'CHRISTOPHER!' and that was my Mum. And when she did I was in deep shit ....
@@1chish exactly the same for me. I'm Chris until I transgress, and it;s the same now I'm 50 and she's 90!
@@1chish Yep, Im a Chris and when I hear my full name, I know Im in trouble
There was an instance of this in an England v France six nations game a few years ago. A ruck formed, and then there was a strong shout of "CHRISTOPHER..." from Owens. You could almost hear Robshaw's hands being snatched away from the ball that he wasn't allowed to have. Fabulous stuff
"I'm straighter than that one!" - Nigel Owens 😂
Bro i directly went to the comment to found this 😂
What a great reaction by Nigel 😂
Brilliant .No wonder he is so well respected.
I know he was gay. Read about it in Ireland and he is open about it. I'm straight but loves Nigel to bits
@@jaspercoetzee4880 Yeah you've gotta love him!!! Ref with personality, but it adds to, rather than detracts from how well he does his job
"There's no need to call me "sir", I'm from west Wales." Hahaha!
eal ls why exactly was that so funny? Genuinely asking? Where they both from west wales or what?
@@Internetprolet1312 The lad saying "Sir" is Jake Hennessey, of Cambridge University
@@timsteeleo544 ah! Thank you! That explains it!
I’ve met him , he’s so funny and a good laugh
I'm still laughing at Beast saying: "Yes, Mr Ref." Such a pure man.
My favourite conversation
Yoh bruh, the dude is so humble..
Oh man, I love the Beast. Hugely respected here by English fans. I remember the first time I heard the rumble of “BEEEEEAAAST” from a South African crowd, I thought, “Oh Christ, the Afrikaaners are booing a black guy...” Thankfully I was proven very wrong!
@@TPRM1 at School we had a brute punisher type, named Big Lou. Everyone in the crowd would chant this low, Llloooooouuuuuuu. Refs and opposing crowds always thought we were boo'ing.
@@musictube17 Lol, nice!
He does not only referee, he teaches. Terrific man
His long explanations are funny, but "Ah, Christopher" cracks me up every time!
Offwith Hishead the schoolmaster tone is the best. "You're both acting very immaturely. Off you go, get on with it!"
Dude same 😂 he found the perfect tone to scare him with only his name haha
@@gabrielfestini CHRRRRRISTUFF-FUH!?
@@Headhunter_212 gold 😂
aka 10 minutes of Nigel Owens being who we want him to be. Brilliant referee and an all round nice guy. Wouldn't want him to be anything other than who and what he is already.
seems like a huge condescending bellend always talks down to people
@@xenox940 But he's not. He's the referee and if he tells you to do something, you better do it.
xeno x he only talks to people when someone is doing something wrong though, that's the point of a referee
@@emilyblunt4241 ye but its in such a sarcastic way it makes him look like a bellend its like he thinks he is better than everyone.
@PC. Yann ???
"Get off before I change the colour of it" is my new favourite Nigel Owens quote
“Er, Christopher...” “Sorry Sir.” Glorious 🤣
Went to school with the ball boy that hit Nigel in the head. Nigel came up to him after the game, chatted with him, took pictures with him, then gave him his jersey and signed it. Still hanging up to this day in the schools gym I believe
Easily the best referee in rugby history, and a true gentleman with the BEST sense of humour. Nigel, you will forever be welcome here in New Zealand. Thank you for all your sensational service to this great game. Respect from Auckland, New Zealand. R H
It’s such a shame he has retired to smaller nations games as he was as you said the best ref in history. He was strict but unlike a lot of current refs, he kept the game flowing which is the best thing for rugby. Love from SA!
Classy response, brother. 👏🏻
@@joeykillick5618 And motivated by a true love of the game, and a desire to preserve the spirit of the game. He would referee an international on Saturday, then referee a local club game on the Sunday. And it shouldn’t need to be said, but it needs to be said until it doesn’t need to be said: it’s so refreshing that his sexuality is such a non-issue within the game. One day, wider society will follow suit. Makes me proud to be a rugby man.
Not just in rugby, got to be the best referee in any sport
@@normanharrison7736 I stand corrected - & agree with you 100 %! Well spotted, and well played! 🤓👍 Kind regards from Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿
I’m an American and understand exactly zero rules of Rugby but I feel like I have to watch every game he refs
The magic of the Welsh mate. :) x
You will not be disappointed.
👍👍👍👍🏴🏴🏴🏴
You could call them laws for a start ;)
Stay in your country and I will stay in mine don’t bring covid 19 if you are in America I am in wales I am proud to be welsh 🏴🏴🏴🏴
*calls all 30 players over including those from the far side wings... "I don't want to make a big deal of this..."
3:52 ”aah Christopher” is just brilliant. The respect they have for this man. I have never seen a rugby game in my life, just stumble upon these videos. They are just great. Wish we had referees like these in football.
You do have the equivalent in football: www.thinkingheads.com/en/speakers/pierluigi-collina/
Watch rugby mate
Same situation here. Absolutely brilliant!
The difference. Rugby is a thugs game played by gentlemen. Soccer, =the opposite. No respect for the rev
You do have refs like that in football, the the fucking ignorant dramatic footballers that are the problem
"The football field is about 500 yards that way." Oh Nigel how I appreciate you.
"I'm straight than that one" I'm dead 😂
"I'm straighter than that one" to be correct 👌
@@kadova nerd
You can always see how great our game is when you see the respect shown by these massive physically imposing men to Nigel and all the other refs
Unfortunately not the case in football, referees are allowing too much: diving, players talking to refs etc
"A thugs game played by gentlemen" respect the ref or you'll get sent to your room
@@noshit31 its not the refs in football, its the support (or lack thereof) that they get from the authorities. If fifa decided that they were going to clamp down on bad behaviour and whatnot and support the refs completely, then i bet a lot of money it would disappear practically overnight. But they won't.
High competence levels are well reapected.
@@mrbtapir No its the entitled, pampered, overpaid, spoilt brats playing the game who have their heads so far up their own arses they fart to speak that are the problem. Yes the powers that be are shit scared of the players but the fault lies with player's discipline. they have none. Its why they cheat and get away with it. Only 3 people speak on a rugby field: 2 skippers and the ref so any issue the skippers are called in and its THEIR problem. If you argue over a penalty the ref walks 10 yards further forward. Argue again its another 10 yards. Refs in football pander to the 22 egos on the pitch rather than taking control.
'this is not soccer' shows how everyone thinks about the modelsport today
It's a corrupt business, very little to do with 'sport' these days at the elite levels.
I think it has more to do with the rules: in soccer all players are able to appeal directly to the ref in play and when it’s stopped-appealing to the ref and discussing the game with him is not just allowed it’s expected. That’s not the case in rugby where only the captain can talk directly to the ref and only at certain times-of course, the ref can talk to anyone at any time!
He's like a hard-ass high school principle who genuinely cares about you.
In other words, rarer than hen's teeth.
"I'm straighter them that one" Who doesn't love Nigel Owens
"There is no reason I can't give you that you cannot award the try" I wouldn't know whether to award the thing or not
Colm Mannion great translation by Nigel
We heard about double negatives, right? But what about triple negative?
Nigel is great. "I'm straighter than that one" is comedy gold.
3:49 "err Christopher" he sounded like an angry dad I love Nigel Owns hes such a good ref and really funny when doing it definitely the best ever.
9:27 You can literally see the testosterone steaming off these giant men, and you have a gay Welsh national treasure in the center telling them all off
Difference between Rugby (both disiplines) and soccer. On a Rugby pitch there's only one ref.
@@DieyoungDiefast soccer ??? Its football you prick
@@bensmith5288 poor you :)
@@cathallawlor989 loool getting off on that? How low have Rugby fans sunk
@@bensmith5288 you must be a bairn. Growing up in the 70s we called it soccer. Now wind your neck in, kid 😂
Legend of our loved game. Sad to see him retire but he has had a magnificent career. Much love Nigel Owens ❤
He’s only retired from international games, he’ll still be reffing/assistant reffing club games!
What to say ? Ons rugby allwais rugby. From Germany.
The most professional and unbiased referee in the history of the game. Abslute legend.
"You're both acting very immature" haha
Bud Zion that is my favourite, he could have carded Brown for touching the face area but knew that would spoil the game. Instead just put both players in their place and stopped it escalating.
9:27 You can literally see the testosterone steaming off these giant men, and you have a gay Welsh national treasure in the center telling them all off
”Eh Christopher” is just brilliant. The dude is twice his size yet his athority is that of a giant
08:16 🟨 "Off you go before I change the color of it !!!" ... 🏉😄 Awesome !
This man is the reason why I started watching rugby.
Hes just a referee, unfortunately he likes the sound of his own voice.He gets on my nerves
@@daveduck4315 He's put there to ensure that everything goes well and if what it takes for that to happen is for him to have a chat with the players on something he didn't like, then by all means let the man do his job he's getting paid for.
Often, he's the reason i turn the volume down.
Fuck me, says a lot about the game itself then.
@@maxlorenzo5169 If he still watches Rugby, then there's no problem in that.
Rugby is such a physical game. It makes me so happy to see the amount of respect that the players have for the ref.
One of the smallest men on the pitch, and the players give him the utmost respect.
Honestly I love Nigel Owens, he’s such a credit to the world of rugby , he’s so respected by everyone ❤️
Legendary! Deserves a knighthood! Awesome ref! Awesome teacher! If he’s not training international refs, he should be!🏴🏴
"😠This is not soccer!" ALWAYS be lengendery! 😢It will tears EVERYWHERE the day he announces his retirement. He's THE BEST ref EVER!
The greatest ref in ANY sport. And probably the most respected as well. You just can't help but love a bit of Nigel!!! ( An an inspiration to many for being honest and open about his life off the field)
Totally agree. Great man.
The only peer he has in another sport would be Pierluigi Collina in football. But even then, it’s quite a tenuous comparison
0.38 - I'm straighter than that one!!!🤣🤣🤣
The last clip makes me laugh every time I see it (10:28) NIGEL : “Hello Derek” DEREK : “There is no reason I can’t give you that you cannot award the try” NIGEL : “There is no reason why I can’t award the try, that means I can award the try” DEREK : “That is it” Pissing myself here……🤣😂
Gotta love the True Welsh
Class
Just found out he retired. Thanks for the laughs Nigel 🇫🇷🏴
He's only retired from international
He needs to be in world cup or in football
@@nandinhocunha440 hand the Premier League Referees to him, he'll kick them into shape in a week tops
He is like a manager and the players are like in some traning match rather than an actual match being played. But gotta respect this. His control and execution are just brilliant.
"It's being dealt with and I will deal with it. Thank you."
I love he basically coaching the players and reffing at the same time XD
Educating. Not coaching.
And Nigel Owens knows the rules inside and out. It is very unlikely that he'll make an incorrect call. @@gsmarchand
The telling off he gave to Stuart Hogg for diving is priceless
I'm training as a soccer referee ( I'm 17 ) and when I have to take some games I always do everything to maintain control over the game, this man is an absolute legend and the one I admire the most. Always teaching who's boss on the field.
Good luck bruz soccer referring is way more brutal than union
You don't have to like rugby to love Nigel Owens. True gentleman.
He's retired. I'll miss him. The players will miss him. Rugby will miss him. The best manager of a match I've seen. So sad to see him go.
Andrew, you are truly spoiling us this week. Hats off to you. And as for Nigel, can't we just appoint the man as Leader of the World please.
There is no reason I can give you, that you can't appoint the man Leader of the World
He'd be happy to just be " Ein llyw olaf!"
'No Mr Kim Jong-un, you're being very immature and not playing within the spirit of the game. 10 minutes sinbin!'
i love how in rugby the players have such respect for the ref, great schoolmaster vibes
The Laws Of Rugby, dictate. That if you cannot honour the spirit of this physical game. Then you will have no further part in it. This man here, is there to stop these monsters killing each other! Strange since he's the smallest of the pack!
Yes, Mr Owens, we will call you Sir - you've earned it, and you command it.
"I don't want to make a big issue out of this, OK" - proceeds to call everyone over! haha, love it
hes such a legend , we need these types of ref in Football
I’m straighter than that...pure comic genius, along with the yellow card for the ball boy. Class act.
The respect for the referee in Rugby is a credit to the game. Well done rugby.
The yellow to the ball boy was hilarious. Brilliant ref.
This is the most wonderful man in the world he can cut someone down to size by just being polite , wish there were more like him in this world
"No need to call me sir I'm from West Wales." 😂😂
"There is no reason why I can't award the try... that means I can award the try"🤣💀
Love it! He’s taking no lip, no complaining and no dramatics! We ❤ you Nigel!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
"This is not Soccer" should be on an official World Rugby t-shirt 😂🙌
Yes, as the statement that perfectly encapsulates rugby's inferiority complex 👌
Cet homme est un magnifique symbole de ce sport,il respect le jeu et les joueurs.Je pense que cela doit être un honneur de jouer un match sous son arbitrage.
David Pocock said after the 2015 RWC final, to Nigel “thanks for a great game.” Says it all.
As a nurse I approach situations “what would Nigel do?!” Complete control and no back chat!!!!
The firm but respectful refereeing in Rugby is one of the main reason I love my kids playing it. Nigel does that with a bit of humor thrown in to boot.
Don't you just love MR Owens he commands respect amongst the players and fans i hope he is injoying his retirement
Refs don't retire div. Like coppers or head head teachers. This man is essential for Rugby. Good man.
Regardless of what sport - this is how referees should be, and should be respected.
Could not have put it better myself!!!.
If you don't like scrummaging your in the wrong position. Pure Gold
"I'm straighter than that one." Absolute legend.
It's all about communication. With many 50/50 decisions, Nigel's dialectics made the difference.
Without a doubt the best referee ever
I only became aware of rugby when I stumbled upon a video of him refereeing a game. I read his book and found it well-written and fascinating. I'm watching all the games on KZhead and enjoying them immensely. Thank you, Nigel!
Best Referee ever such a gentleman that shows respects and demands players to show respect, that is what this game is all about!!
Of all the referees, he's the one I always appreciated when he was in the field doing his job when Ireland where playing because he's fair
Only one word describes Nigel Owens "Legend"
Owens should be teaching refs this stuff....best ever. went through a lot being closeted but he is a true gent
Just the best referee the world has ever known. Thank you, not “Sir” from West Wales
Just hope all this mans refereeing expertise is not lost when he hangs up his whistle. He loves the game like all good referees . Thank you, Mr Owens.
8.16 " off you go before i change the coulor to red" 🤣😂🤣
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The thing that makes Nigel Owens so good, is that he actually understands the game, wants the game to be a spectacle and isn't prepared to ruin it by incessantly whistling for minor indiscretions that have no influence on the outcome, unlike [insert every other referee here] [ especially Wayne Barnes]
Nigel Owen is a legend, theres no other way to describe him. The truest referee and a gentleman at the same time. I hope you enjoy your retirement.
I watch this for the third time, still love it. Its quite an accomplishment to be as proffessional as him but still find room for such brilliant humor
You have to love this man. 💚🇮🇪☘️
Best referee ever, loves rugby and fair with it. And what a great accent :)
Nigel i think you're the best reveree to handle the whistle. I love how you put players on the spot. You were the best.
This makes me wish there were some clips of Clive Norling. - I particularly remember to Andy Robinson "Any more of your mouthing goodboy and you're.walking. British Loon or not"
Epic!
Love the way these huge guys listen and respect him
We love him in New Zealand
What a legend, I wish football referees controlled the game as well and commanded as much respect as Nigel Owens has.
I love how Nigel Owens calls Alun Wyn Jones *Al*
Reffing is an art not a science, Nigel is a proper Picasso.
Nigel Owens exemplifies professionalism and a gentleman. He teaches while being a ref. My favorite ref of all time
I would watch any rugby match if Nigel was referee even if I did n't support the teams, he will be sadly missed in our game but good luck with the farming sir, you are an inspiration.
The Scarletts-Leicester 'chat' was priceless!! A brave ref but a confident and determined one. Nice one Nigel.
Hands down hes the best ref ever to set foot on a field. I'd love to see him ref 1 season in the premier league. That would be sum funny shit
I believe that we are lucky to witness Nigel Owens in action. Hes keeping the game pure !
He was the man , brilliant referee missing his wit and style and of course he was Welsh 😜❤️🏉🥰
Love when he cards the ball boy
I bet no one chants " You don't know what you're doing!" to Mr Owens.😂
The *Goat* Ref! 🍺 From *NZL* ☝🏾🇳🇿
Excellent referee, just has the right amount of rapport with the players without being overly pally, tells players what they are doing wrong and importantly what they are doing right (positive re-enforcement).
The word is "reinforcement", that's why you had to hyphenate to get it past spellcheck.
He said once that Eben Etzebeth, one of the hardest players of all time, was easier to ref than some school or amateur games that he’s refereed in the past.