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SANZAR have issued a press release describing a number of variations to the disciplinary rules that will be trialled during Super Rugby 2012. [...]
Posts tagged with: referee
New disciplinary laws for Super Rugby
Adieu, Stu!
Australian referee Stuart Dickenson has done the honourable thing and retired from refereeing with immediate effect. [...]
Mark Lawrence announces Test-retirement
South African referee Mark Lawrence has announced his retirement from Test refereeing. He will be concentrating on his new role as a coach and mentor to emerging refereeing talent. [...]
That TMO Call
The advice of the television match official at the Tri-Nations match between South Africa and New Zealand on Saturday has evoked some questioning.
Article Courtesy of Rugby365. [...]
The ref was kak – let’s get over it
I feel that we as Sharks supporters need to move on from the Bryce Lawrence debacle and rather concentrate on the factors that are within our own sphere of control. [...]
Super Rugby Semi-finals confirmed
The two Super Rugby semi finals that will take place on Saturday 2 July have been confirmed following the Crusaders’ victory over the Sharks this morning. [...]
Elephants, Hooligans and Referees
Duncan Johnstone writes on Rugby Heaven that elephants, hooligans and referees were all lumped together as Springboks coach Peter de Villiers delivered another one of his whacky sermons. [...]
RWC appointments announced
The International Rugby Board has announced the Match Official appointments for the 40 Pool matches at Rugby World Cup 2011 in New Zealand. [...]
Official changes for London clash
There are some official changes to the Crusaders vs Sharks clash in London. [...]
Kaplan Yellow Carded?
If the reports in “The Guardian” is to be believed, then one of the most respected and most capped referees in rugby will be “carded” for the try incident this past weekend. [...]
Super 15 Match Officials Rnd 5 – 8
SANZAR has announced the match officials for Weeks 5-8, which takes us to 9 April 2011. [...]
Joubert to referee Absa Currie Cup Final
The South African Rugby Referees Association (SARRA) on Tuesday announced that International Test referee Craig Joubert will handle the 2010 Absa Currie Cup Premier Division final on Saturday 30 October 2010.
Joubert, who refereed the Vodacom Super 14 final between the Vodacom Bulls and the Vodacom Stormers at the Orlando Stadium in Soweto earlier this year, will be assisted by Cobus Wessels (AR1) and Christie du Preez (AR2). Marius Jonker was named as the reserve referee for the final. [...]
Watson wants better fringe policing
In a communication to his top referees, the managers of referees’ societies and the assessors, André Watson, South Africa’s refereeing boss, voices his concern about an aspect of post-tackle refereeing. This is what he has to say. [...]
Referees: They’re not so bad…
Put your hand up if you too are sick and tired of listening to one-eyed fans whinge and moan about referees. [...]
Sharks must not let Pink go to their heads
This is such an obvious thing to point out that perhaps it’s not worthy of an article in its own right, but here goes anyway. While the CANSA fund-raising initiative is a great one – and one we as Sharks fans MUST all endorse wholeheartedly by giving generously and wearing pink to the game – it is critical that the Sharks team and management try to put the spectacle out of their minds as far as they possibly can, lest it become a distraction to winning this weekend’s crucial Currie Cup fixture against the Cheetahs. [...]
