There were two incidents in this game the 1st was against NC # 17 Lope Goidube for an excessive push in the back, 10 mins send-off was awarded. Confusion happened as Lope walked off the field, his coaching staffs were trying to tell him to walk off thru the gates. After play began the umpire told Lope he was on report? The 2nd incident happened just before the end of the same 1/4 when the W # 9 did a high tackle on a NC player the other umpire, Daniel Reeve said that's your final warning your off, as the player walked off he thought the player heard? At the buzzer he informed me as I was almost at the time keepers that #9 was off for 10 minutes, to which I informed the timekeepers. I was asked by NC coach to ask the time keepers to if Lope's was a red or yellow card as we were unsure, the timekeepers asked me if I knew and I said I wasn't sure. When the buzzer went W #9 was on the field I informed them that the timekeepers where told he had a 10 minute send off to which the coach and runner became abusive and used bad language and I asked both field umpires to the middle. Dan said he told #9 he was off for 10 mins and #9 left the field. At the conclusion of the game I was informed by the W coach and other umpire that Daniel did the wrong thing and they said they told him so, I said what did he do and he said he didn't inform anybody, this is where I tried to speak and the coach said I am speaking so i let him speak and he told me Daniel was supposed to tell the player and the timekeeper, well he did, he told me to tell the timekeepers which I did straight away and he spoke to #9 and Daniel saw him leave the field. Both players did deserve to be sent off them both did unlawful tackles, I am not commenting on this, what I am commenting on is the treatment of the junior umpire. As I said to the senior umpire when he said Daniel did the wrong thing? I said so did you? No-one in the timekeepers knew and still knows why Lope was given a red card? He told me because he left the field not thru the gates but we were trying to get him off thru the gates and he told our staff to get him off. I said you just went off at the young boy (umpire) for the same thing you did? You did not inform the timekeepers of Lope's red card. Daniel felt quite intimidated after the game when the two adults confronted him; a parent from our team could see his discomfort and came to stand beside him. I would like to say Daniel turned 14 today and has completed a green shirt programme. He felt really intimidated and he got quite emotional, to have two adults confront him the way they did me feel was not very professional.
