In the beginning of the year I wrote an article expressing my concern on the effect the extended power to the TMO will have in the game in this year’s competition – with some justification it now seems.
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In the beginning of the year I wrote an article expressing my concern on the effect the extended power to the TMO will have in the game in this year’s competition – with some justification it now seems.
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Just how much influence do players really have on the game and their outcomes? Or are games actually played in a bipartisan way?
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How can we get more action in a 80 minute match to grow the game, asks Matt Burke.
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New scrum Laws to make amateur rugby safer will come into effect at club and schools level as the season gets underway this month, following an initiative introduced by the South African Rugby Union (SARU).
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A week or so back I (stupidly) decided to give my opinion in an area of the game very few know anything about, the scrum, but it seems by a shot of luck I might not have been far off! My post ‘The hit is a miss’ dealt with issues at scrum time and...
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Rugby just would not be rugby if we went into a new year without some law changes or amendments, and the boys at the IRB and SANZAR did not disappoint.
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This time of year rugby lovers (in the Southern Hemisphere) are forced to sit through the best Europe has to offer if they want their weekly rugby union fix and it has been interesting in some aspects to see what is happening up North.
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It has long been suspected that referees are guessing when it comes to calls at scrum or ruck time, but blatantly making laws up as they go along?
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There is little appetite within the New Zealand Rugby Union for increasing television match officials’ powers for next year’s Super Rugby season.
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The five-second rule has really sped up the matches, but we need more changes.
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Outgoing Australian Rugby Union boss John O’Neill has called for the “hit” to be scrapped in scrums, the experimental law variations to be revisited and a possible three-metre defensive line added to enliven the game.
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Wallabies coach Robbie Deans believes the five laws that are being trialled globally will promote more attacking rugby on the team’s tour of Europe next month.
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Bryce Lawrence has pulled the plug on his career after his 200th first-class match in charge.
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Great opportunity for young aspiring coaches in and around the Western Cape and Gauteng areas.
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The Disciplinary Rules trial in place during the Super Rugby tournament will extend to The Rugby Championship, with the new system being fully reviewed at the end of the Southern Hemisphere season.
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SANZAR head of referees Lyndon Bray confirmed on Wednesday that New Zealand referee Bryce Lawrence’s Test career is over, according to EWN Sport.
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SANZAR has stupidly threatened the integrity of the qualifying finals this weekend between the Crusaders and Bulls and the Reds and Sharks by appointing two South African referees to officiate in matches involving two South African sides.
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Proposals to extend the powers of television match officials (TMOs) will be trialled in this year’s Absa Currie Cup, which kicks off later on Friday with the first of four matches in the new, eight-team Absa First Division.
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Has the game of rugby outgrown its scoring system because of improved defence and some of the laws?
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The International Rugby Board and its Member Unions have sanctioned a global trial of five aspects of Law amendments following an extensive process of consultation and evaluation.
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The coaches I had through my time advocated the need to be close enough to a defensive player to commit them in attack. This doesn’t mean you have to be on top of the opposition and crowded for space, but commit a man by running at speed and then getting them to turn their...
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The falling scrum has been an increasing worry to rugby’s law-makers and others, spectators for example. For one thing every scrum that falls is dangerous.
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It is time for rugby officials to come out of a fog and give support to the struggling officials, thereby making the game more commercial and enjoyable for fans.
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Blues coach Pat Lam has well and truly spat the dummy over what he regards as inconsistencies by Super Rugby citing commissioners.
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Suspensions are coming thick and fast in Super Rugby it seems with news that Luke Braid has been suspended for 3 weeks for striking a Stormers player.
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Reds wing, Digby Ioane, has been handed a lengthy suspension for a tip-tackle he made on Marcell Coetzee during the Sharks game.
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Over the years, I’ve observed and listened to many referees, firstly as a player, and for the last 20 years as a commentator. Referees are wired, and commentators hear everything they say, including their justification for decisions made in real time. By Murray Mexted, 15 Mar 2012 + enlarge image Referee Bryce Lawrence gestures for...
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South African referees boss André Watson says Lions coach John Mitchell was wrong to criticise the assistant referees after his side lost to the Sharks in Durban over the weekend.
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