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Published Date: 12 January 2008
THE Scottish Rugby Union last night confirmed that Malcolm Changleng has quit as a professional referee.
The Borders whistler came under fire in December for his handling of Heineken Cup fixtures featuring Perpignan and London Irish, and Ulster and the Ospreys, and, while no-one from the European rugby Cup would confirm this had been a factor, he was dropped to the European Challenge Cup games this weekend and next.

The 38-year-old, who became a full-time referee with the SRU in 2002 has informed ERC that he was standing down and would not take on any more games at that level.



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  • Last Updated: 11 January 2008 10:05 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
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007bond,

Edinburgh 12/01/2008 09:57:10
Malcolm has been an excellent ambassador for the Scottish game both on and off the field. He will rank as one of the best Scotland has produced. He had a good match when he refereed the Springboks last summer and it is well known that he was allocated a 6 Nations match in February by Paddy o Brian at the IRB and this was vetoed by the Irish selector. This is the real problem. The power base of world refereeing is with the Irish who dont rate scottish referees.
Im not surprised to see him go when there is so much politics. If he had refereed when Scottish Rugby had been higher regarded more doors would have opened.
Good luck and thanks for all the games you refereed me. It was good to see an ex player take up the whistle and I hope there are more in future because they make the top referees.
2

Rotund Robert, Count of Murrayfield (aka FatBob),

In the sin bin again, flagged from touch 12/01/2008 11:03:33
Further indications of a sad, sick unworthy "sport".
3

The Malcy,

Cardiff 12/01/2008 19:53:05
They didn't like him much down here, but as a neutral I thought he received undue criticism for making correct decisions. IMHO one of the better refs in the Celtic League despite what the Irish and Welsh say. But then we all know that the Irish and Welsh refs are perfect...

 

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