can you just imagine it,she runs out only to find the linesmen/women in the same clothes,thats her off to the changing rooms and refusing to come out...

Jebus i'm better than him

There's no discrimination on rugby league terraces.

Any woman who refs in SL will become as much a figure of hate as any of the men.

You are Andy Gray and I claim my £5.

As long as she gets home in time to cook tea, Friday games are off unless she makes something and leaves it in the fridge.

They would have to discriminate though;

'the referee's a w.....' Wouldn't be right.

They would have to be a bit more creative, any suggestions?

Flicker?

Rug tickler

Lesbo fits straight in, but that might offend half of the females in the crowd, being butch 'n all that.

I'd prefer something a bit more traditional, to the tune of: 'stand up, for the champions' or 'justice, for the 96' (you know the theme)

Get back, to the kitchen sink, get back, to the kitchen sink.

Or, even better: (if we win SL)

Deepthroat, for the champions, deepthroat...

rightly or wrongly, i dont think a female ref would receive the same respect as male officials do.

I dunno, you know. Boys are completely different around women, instead of challenging calls, they might go over and ask for a hug instead.

If she can do the job then not a problem (after all, there are a few male refs that clearly cant do the job). I just hope that SL dont go down a route of "token promotion" as a headline grabber.

As long as the ref is of the right standard, I dont care about sex, race or creed.

Oh, and how about "the referee's a strummer"?

P.S i'd have a go on her, she's alright

It does make me laugh that this type of thing creates such furious debate about the rights and wrongs, its like when women wanted to be priests in the Catholic Church. It's along the same lines as how Gareth Thomas gets treated by the media as a curiosity item because he's gay and plays RL instead of being a fashion designer.

I'm sure the early black players had to go through this, Clive Sullivan probably had people patting him on the head telling him how marvellous it was to see that one of their kind had achieved something in his life.

If she does get promoted then I bet these forums will be full of people thinking they are the first to make cliched sexist jokes, especially in the inbred towns in Yorkshire, like they all thought they were original with Monaghan dog jokes.

Puts on best Richard Keys voice "Did you smash it?"

Seriously, she can't do any worse than Ronnie Laughton, can she?

I'll call your Ronnie Laughton and raise you 1 Russell Smith.

There is another female ref coming through the ranks, her name is

Gloria Stits.

Russell Smith (apart from THAT game, where nothing will convince me that something "untoward" hadn't gone on), wasn't that bad.

Ronnie Laughton on the other hand, was a self obsessed turd, who was convinced that 8000 people had turned up to watch him. Does anyone recall that game about 5 years ago, when it was blisteringly hot. Laughton ran out, 30 minutes before the game was due to start, in a pair of shorts and a vest top, and did 50 press-ups infront of the South Stand, and then ran back to his dressing room. WIDGE.

I've heard that an alter ego of the late, great Kenny Everett will gain her referee's badges, soon

Cupid Stunt has Wigan as her birthplace...she fits in well there

My only concern with this is that female referees could be easily swayed by the 'better looking' players... for example.. will westwood start getting away with more if he flashes her a cheeky smile before the game starts.

Will fadge instruct the likes on hansen and o'loughlin to sweet talk her behind closed doors, allowing his players more time to hold down in the tackle and put pressure on shoulder joints when she officiates.

and imagine how much brough will get away with.... huddersfield will be almost unbeatable with a female referee in charge.

Someone really needs to think this through properly.

In terms of songs.... it could be the first time both sets of fans get to sing [i'you're supposed to be at home'[/i at the same game.

They'd of had the relevant training and they'll have the qualifications so why not.

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can you imagine the saints ginger whinger avin ago at her,just doesnt seem right..let women do womens things and let the men do mens things simples..what next women playing rugby????????

Next they'll be wanting to vote!

So long as they're fit and wear tight tops I dont see any problem.