A5N matches such as Saturday’s Hong Kong-South Korea game offer the region’s best referees excellent opportunities to showcase their officiating skills. Photo: HKRFU A5N matches such as Saturday’s Hong Kong-South Korea game offer the region’s best referees excellent opportunities to showcase their officiating skills. Photo: HKRFU
A5N matches such as Saturday’s Hong Kong-South Korea game offer the region’s best referees excellent opportunities to showcase their officiating skills. Photo: HKRFU
Tobi Lothian
Opinion

Opinion

Man in the middle by Tobi Lothian

When the call comes, refs must be at top of their game

Tobi Lothian
Tobi Lothian

Updated: 11:51am, 8 Dec, 2015

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A5N matches such as Saturday’s Hong Kong-South Korea game offer the region’s best referees excellent opportunities to showcase their officiating skills. Photo: HKRFU A5N matches such as Saturday’s Hong Kong-South Korea game offer the region’s best referees excellent opportunities to showcase their officiating skills. Photo: HKRFU
A5N matches such as Saturday’s Hong Kong-South Korea game offer the region’s best referees excellent opportunities to showcase their officiating skills. Photo: HKRFU
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Tobi Lothian

Tobi Lothian

Tobi has been a referee for more than 10 years and has officiated at tournaments in Hong Kong and overseas, including the Hong Kong Sevens, Asian Five Nations, Asian Sevens Series and Asian Games. He has been on the ARFU A Panel referees list since 2008. When not blowing his whistle, Tobi works as a police officer, training probationary inspectors at the Hong Kong Police College.