I think Mr Hicks wants to make his mind up whether he is a REFEREE or a TOUCH JUDGE.
To me they require 2 Different Approaches. Mr Hicks has been running the line in a few SL games recently, and is maybe fancying his chances of Reffing a few this year.
But he seems way out of his league in NL1, so has no hope of getting any SL games, even though there is a shortage.
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