Had a couple of howlers in Cap 3, 5 and definitely in U17 grade. It leaves me questioning the quality of education as the majority are entry level.
Thing is the referees normally doing those games are people that are learning to referee themselves (They will have passed the level 1 badge). After a while they will start getting the higher level games. They will occasionally have a referee assessor there to give feedback but there is limited numbers of them so they are shared around. Referees have a meeting each fortnight but it isn't compulsory to attend.
Really its a case of either be thankful you have these referees or you provide your own each week like the lower grades do.
I played lower grades for years then a few cap 5 games and was absolutely stoked at having refs when we did. Such a novelty after years of not having them. I completely hated having to ref social games when it was my turn so massive respect to anyone who chooses to do it, regardless of quality