Quote ="John_D"The point still stands. Same with Ganson and St Helens, Alibert with Toulouse etc etc. It doesn't need to happen even if I understand the argument that it shouldn't matter where a ref is from.'"
Certainly don't disagree with what you're saying, John. I think a lot of this will stem from Cummings' time as an official when he was listed as a Widnes official (and called a "Scouse b@stard" accordingly) when he was actually from Whitehaven originally.