London League II Survey

... I would much rather have a ref make the calls, than get into a shouting match with the other team, or simply concede to a bunch of cheats, because I cant be bothered to argue (both of these happened to me in the last league).

In the previous league we had some really rough and nasty play, so bad in fact that some people have never returned to play polo since.

To combat this, you need a ref and they need to have authority. Yes, ideally players would be able to sort it out themselves but when it comes to competition people have very different ideas about what is acceptable in pursuit of 3 points. As Gabes says, players can sort out what is/isn't a goal fairly well but dealing with sneaky mallets under the front wheel? It's not in my nature to get really confrontational about something like that but I'd appreciate it if someone was there to do it on my behalf and they weren't afraid to call it because 'players should be able to take care of themselves.'