Springbok coach Peter de Villiers and national teams manager Andy Marinos will meet Paddy O’Brien, the International Rugby Board (IRB) manager of referees, to discuss matters of common concern.
Rugby 365 reports that the scheduled meeting is set to take place in Johannesburg on August 28.
“This is an opportunity to discuss issues with the IRB, face-to-face,” said Marinos.
“There are a number of technical matters we’d like to raise but there are two issues we want to straighten out.
“We’d like to discuss our request to meet referees in the company of opposition coaches before Test matches, and correct the suggestions that we have failed in our duties to provide refereeing reports to the IRB.
“Let me categorically deny that. We have submitted all the required reports to date and will submit a report on refereeing at the end of the Tri-Nations – as the tournament manual requires.
“We have enormous sympathy for referees who in some cases have had to manage blowing as many as five different sets of laws this season – it’s only natural that we’d want to talk to them about interpretations in such a complex environment,” Marinos added.
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One thing you know about politicians is that when they say “categorically deny” then they are probably talking kak.
IRB Says Boks haven’t sent any reports.
Boks Say they categorically deny THAT.
BUT will submit the reports on refereeing AFTER the 3Ns. 😕
Marinos you are talking kak dude. If you guys had gone the xtra mile and submitted reports during the comp then MAYBE something could have been done about it. Don’t bitch and moan and then not submit reports until after the horse has bolted. (competition has been lost)
@KSA Shark © (Comment 1) : Bwhhahahahaha 😆 Sorry, but you can be so….which means I cannot find the right word. Caw??? Dictionary.
But I agree wholeheartedly. I just hope they can put forward a strong case, since they are taking the correct route now.
And if the word are “caw” indeed, what does it say about McCaw??? Hmmmm…. No, not that one. 🙂
❓ caw?
Nee ek weet nie WAT jy bedoel nie. Wat is die Afrikanse woord?
@KSA Shark © (Comment 4) :
My Engels is goed maar ek het maar in Kroonies skool gegaan, 😉
@KSA Shark © (Comment 4) : Kru, kras, maar onverwags. En dan is die effek gewoonlik snaaks.
@Silver Fox (Comment 6) :
Oh, as in I lack ANY diplomacy? 😆
Have been told that once or twice.
Apparently i am getting better with diplomacy as I get older. 😉 Must have been a terror as a youngster then 😳
@KSA Shark © (Comment 7) : That’s it. Funny though the dictionary translates correctly from Afr to English, but not the other way around. That will be my dictionary, which could be older than I am. Now, let’s not get into that. 😛
@Silver Fox (Comment 8) :
What is the english for Kras, Kru BTW?
I would be interested. Or is that how you came up with caw?
The only meaning of caw i know is as in the sound a bird makes.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 9) : That would be caw from the Afr direction.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 9) :
Crass or crude.
@Big Fish (Comment 11) :
Flippen hell now i am showing how tired i am. 😳
I knew (or should have known) both those words 😳
@Big Fish (Comment 11) : Thanks Fish, we rely on you to provide the necessary education. 🙂
will submit a report on refereeing at the end of the Tri-Nations – as the tournament manual requires.
Does anyone have a copy of the said manual ?
@blackshark (Comment 14) : certainly not Goddard
@robdylan (Comment 15) : 😆
@blackshark (Comment 16) : tee hee 😉