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Cards, fouls & strictness

492 matchesMedian 4.00 cards34 referees · Current seasons · Championship

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Strictest (cards/match)

1Ruebyn Ricardo5.83cards/g 2Leigh Doughty5.58cards/g 3Edward Duckworth5.57cards/g 4Ian Cooper

How this works: Cards include yellows, straight reds, and yellow-to-red dismissals from synced match events. Fouls/game is the match total across both teams under this referee, averaged over appearances where foul data is available. Trend signals require 6+ appearances in scope. TW = referee assigned this weekend. Stats refresh approximately hourly.

#	Referee	Games	Cards/G	Fouls/G	Pen/G	Badge	Trend
1	Ruebyn Ricardo	12	5.83	25.60	1.00	Strict	▼ Cooling
2	Leigh Doughty	12	5.58	22.27	1.33	Strict	▲ Heating
3	Edward Duckworth	7	5.57	22.00	1.00	Strict	— Stable
4	Ian Cooper	7	5.29	21.00	—	Strict	— Stable
5	Elliot Bell	6	5.00	22.17	—	Strict	— Stable
6	Tim Robinson	5	4.80	23.00	—	Strict	—
7	Joshua Smith	17	4.76	20.59	1.00	Strict	▲ Heating
8	Matt Donohue	11	4.73	23.27	1.33	Strict	▲ Heating
9	Anthony Backhouse	19	4.37	20.72	2.00	Average	▼ Cooling
10	Richard Woodward	10	4.30	21.30	1.00	Average	▲ Heating
11	Oliver Langford	13	4.23	21.15	1.00	Average	— Stable
12	Lee Venamore	5	4.20	22.00	—	Average	—
13	Stephen Martin	22	4.18	22.05	1.00	Average	▲ Heating
14	Andrew Fox	7	4.14	22.00	1.00	Average	— Stable
15	Ben Toner	16	4.13	24.13	1.00	Average	▼ Cooling
16	Thomas Kirk	16	4.06	21.00	1.00	Average	— Stable
17	Robert Madley	6	4.00	18.33	—	Average	— Stable
18	Adam Herczeg	13	3.92	21.15	1.00	Average	— Stable
19	James Linington	13	3.85	21.50	1.00	Average	▲ Heating
20	Tom Nield	15	3.80	24.20	1.00	Average	▼ Cooling
21	John Busby	9	3.67	19.56	1.00	Average	▼ Cooling
22	James Bell	13	3.54	20.77	1.00	Average	▼ Cooling
23	Farai Hallam	15	3.47	22.14	1.00	Average	— Stable
24	Mark Stevens	5	3.40	22.80	1.00	Average	—
25	Lewis Smith	21	3.38	20.43	1.00	Average	▼ Cooling
26	Andrew Kitchen	17	3.29	21.12	1.00	Lenient	— Stable
27	Dean Whitestone	11	3.27	24.55	1.00	Lenient	— Stable
28	Emily Carney	5	3.20	22.75	1.00	Lenient	—
29	Paul Tierney	6	3.17	22.00	—	Lenient	▲ Heating
30	Gavin Ward	15	3.07	19.13	1.00	Lenient	— Stable
31	David Webb	15	3.07	19.20	1.00	Lenient	— Stable
32	Samuel Allison	9	2.78	24.56	—	Lenient	— Stable
33	Samuel Lewis	7	2.71	21.33	1.00	Lenient	▲ Heating
34	Darren Williams	5	2.20	17.60	1.00	Lenient	—