SUPER rugby could follow in the footsteps of the NRL and introduce a dual-referee system as soon as next year. NRL television audiences, crowd figures and general interest boomed under the two-referee system which allowed for a free-flowing, attacking style of football.
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Waratahs skipper Phil Waugh has fired the first barb at rival South African teams ahead of next week’s start of the Super 14 season, labelling their breakdown technique as illegal “man-handling”.
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The Stormers scored 10 tries and effectively won the Neo Africa Tri-Series with their two wins … the Sharks lost twice and touched down just once in the process.
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With both sides taking the ball wide from the outset, the Bulls’ Blue team – in effect their A-side – beat a plucky Lions Red team 42-12 on Saturday, scoring five tries to two in a warm-up match ahead of the Super 14 competition.
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Sharks coach John Plumtree, while being happy with his team’s progress, expressed concern about the varying interpretations of match officials at the breakdown. “I think we’ve seen three different behaviours from three different referees.”
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Praising the “great attitude” of the Stormers players, coach Allister Coetzee said he was “very pleased with the performance” after his team had beaten the Sharks 29-14 in their final tri-series game at Newlands on Friday.
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The Stormers continued their impressive Super 14 pre-season form when they smashed the Sharks 29-14 in the final of the tri-series matches at Newlands on Friday.
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The Springboks will play all four of the ‘Home Unions’ in November as part of their end-of-year tour. SARU made the announcement on Friday following confirmation of the fixture programme by the International Rugby Board (IRB).
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The Brumbies fell victim to a slick counter-attacking Hurricanes side, losing 26-5 in their first Super 14 pre-season rugby match at Porirua near Wellington on Friday night.
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RuggaWorld will be sending a wreath to the funeral. Feel free to add your name. For those interested, here are the details.
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A crisis meeting of the Australian Rugby Union and its Super 14 franchises has resulted in a universal commitment to deliver an expansive, ball-in-hand style of play to the code’s long-suffering audiences this season.
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ALL THREE COMMISIONERS WILL WATCH GAME Throughout the rugby world there are misgivings about citing and the consistency in citing. SANZAR is now taking steps to try to achieve greater consistency and to eliminate the ongoing suspicion that nationality leads to citing bias.
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The Sharks will have to explain to a disciplinary committee why Willem Alberts played without a clearance certificate in a friendly match against the Western Force at Newlands on Tuesday night.
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Ruben Kruger, former Springbok flank and 1995 Rugby World Cup winner, has died in Pretoria on Wednesday night after a protracted battle with brain cancer.
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Those who have been to Newlands for the two matches in the tri-series will have seen the referees, Jonathan Kaplan and Mark Lawrence, wearing bands around their heads, needing only a feather to look like Redskin braves.
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Allister Coetzee, head coach of the Vodacom Stormers, today announced his team to play the Sharks at Newlands on Friday 29 January.
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Proteas coach Mickey Arthur resigned and was not fired, Cricket South Africa (CSA) Gerald Majola confirmed at a press briefing in East London on Wednesday morning.
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The Western Force bounced back from their drubbing at the weekend to hand the Sharks a 26-0 thrashing in the second match of the tri-series at Newlands on Tuesday.
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The coach of the Vodacom Bulls, Frans Ludeke, has selected his strongest available team for Saturday’s warm-up fixture in Polokwane.
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With all the recent talk about flyhalves some of you may enjoy a read about the Springbok legend BENNIE OSLER, who played in an era when there was NO protection for a flyhalf. He is an inductee in the 2009 IRB Hall of Fame.
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Springbok Sevens star Lionel Mapoe may well become the Cheetahs’ new midfield maestro, following his succesful move from wing to outside centre in a Super 14 pre-season outing at the weekend.
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Springbok No.8 Pierre Spies has become the latest high profile player to be ruled out of the Bulls’ pre-season fixture against the Lions in Polokwane on Saturday.
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They’re my team so I’m allowed to be pessimistic and make fun okay…
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TMO variation to be trialled by SA refs Friday night’s Neo Africa Tri series finale between the Sharks and Vodacom Stormers will see another world first for South African referees.
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Expect Willem Alberts to run out in a Sharks jersey tonight.
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Is it the same old pattern repeating itself?
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John Smit ended the 2009 season back at his old position of hooker, but he is not fussy where he plays for the Sharks this season.
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The Sharks have announced their team for their opening match in the Tri-Series warm-up games at Newlands against the Force.
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