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NRL reacts to shock axing of referee Gavin Badger – Fox Sports
Referees are rarely told how much they’re appreciated until they’re gone — and that’s the case with Gavin Badger after it emerged on Wednesday night his lengthy career with the whistle is over.
Badgers daughter Shante posted an emotional message to social media revealing it was not her dads choice to end his refereeing career.
This isnt how we thought it would end. Its not how you deserve for it to end. You deserve better, Shante wrote.
For most of my life Ive watched my Dad out on the field refereeing NRL, she added. On Saturday I will watch him out there for the last time ever. To say I am sad is an understatement.
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