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^^ I was timing this game and keeping an eye out for Max. Max was calling mallet under wheel but in actual Wood's problem was that Polo had pulled his handlebars with his mallet beforehand. This is why there was so much confusion because they were arguing about two things at once. I timed all those last games and I would say Polo was not borderline, very definitely breaking rules here there and everywhere but because he broke many rules once and not the same rule many times it did not get called so much (I think Max warned him about it though?)
With the SB-IP game it was a very inexperienced guy who did not want to ref but was asked to. I tried to help but many times the call was too late as he was asking is that okay, is this okay and too scared to use the whistle... etc. I think the responsibility lies with the organisers to make sure your refs are up to the job, especially when its a tough game like that.