Chat must not replace clarity for Steve Walsh and rugby union referees | Robert Kitson

Match officials might well be on a hiding to nothing but a more decisive and less conversational approach could work wonders• Samoa will not boycott England game• Jonathan Davies to return for WalesAll rugby union referees will have smiled wryly at the letter published in the sports pages of the Sunday Times at the weekend. “Along with 80,000 other spectators at Twickenham I saw Nigel Owens have a shocker of a game last Saturday,” wrote Mr Michael Parker. “Catching up on Sunday in front of the television I saw him give a faultless refereeing performance. Odd game, rugby.”What a well-observed s…