SANZAR is to trial new disciplinary rules for a more consistent and simplified outcome during the 2012 Super Rugby competition.
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SANZAR is to trial new disciplinary rules for a more consistent and simplified outcome during the 2012 Super Rugby competition.
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Referee’s for once found themselves on the other side of the whistle as they tried to get a better understanding of the intricacies of scrumming.
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Referees will have powers to put players ‘on report’ for suspected foul play under a system being trialed in rugby union for the first time.
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Administrators needed to fix what is broken, but the intent is to muddle on, says DAN RETIEF in the Sunday Times.
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No jokes: Bryce Lawrence has been nominated as New Zealand’s Referee of the Year. Maybe it figures?
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Plans are afoot to use state-of-the-art technology to rule out the dreaded forward pass – in rugby league.
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The following are tips by Brian Moore in managing the scrum, these tips were extracted from a rugby refereeing forum and was submitted by Brian.Moore represented England, winning a total of 64 England caps between 1987 and 1995, making him the 13th most-capped Englishman (as of July 2007). Moore played in three Rugby World...
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Prop forwards fear ‘unjust’ rules mean World Cup final could be decided by referee’s guesswork writes Mike Robinson for The Telegraph in Auckland. Three of Britain’s greatest prop forwards have submitted a paper to the International Rugby Board calling for sweeping changes to the scrummaging laws. Former Lions Fran Cotton, Mike Burton and Ray...
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When Alain Rolland reached into his pocket in the 18th minute to bring out the red card for Welsh captain Sam Warburton, he was operating to the letter of the IRB’s laws, but in doing so ruined a World Cup semifinal. Andrew Alderson writes in the NZ Herald that the game that promised so...
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Forward passes, tackling with no arms, lawless breakdowns – the Wallaby great has a go at the WC refs.
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Paddy O’Brien, the IRB’s head of refs, told me before the start of the tournament that no World Cup had ever been decided by the man in the middle.
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A major attempt to end, or at the very least curtail, the problems associated with one of the most boring phases of rugby is being made by a former Australian prop forward.
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“What worries me is that we now have to analyse referees as well as players. It was different five years ago.”
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The latest illustration of the IRB’s muddled thinking came when South Africa were leading New Zealand 15-5 in the Tri-Nations match in Port Elizabeth.
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So here we were watching the game on Friday night between the Leopards and the Blue Bulls when 5 minutes into the second half the Blue Bulls mauled the ball for about 30 meters to score a try, or was it?
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“Bring back neutral referees like when Super Rugby started” is the crux of SPIRO ZAVOS’S article.
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Teams should be allowed to appeal against controversial referee decisions, e.g. in cricket, says GREG GROWDEN.
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Has retaliation now become an approriate defence for punching if there was enough provocation?
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In a landmark judgment in the Western Cape High Court yesterday, a former school rugby player won his case against an opposing player who injured him so severely during a scrum that it left him with a broken neck.
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SANZAR have admitted that they have ‘a little bit of a way to go yet’ before there is enough consistency in their judicial process. Jan de Koning, SA Rugby In an exclusive interview with rugby365.com, SANZAR Chief Executive Greg Peters said they were putting a lot of focus on achieving consistency across all three...
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Okay so which are our performers and which are … well making the mistakes… or rather… causing skandes…
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Well more like self inflicted leave that is… seeing as that is how long he was suspended for.
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South African referee Jonathan Kaplan stands accused of an ‘indefensible’ blunder in awarding Wales the try which promises to earn them an extra £750 000 in prize money.
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ARE REFS GUILTY? || IS IT CHEATING? || CAN IT BE FIXED? Last Tuesday, the International Rugby Board (IRB) summoned the coaches of all the Six Nations sides to a forum to discuss the state of the scrum, that once proud edifice that too often nowadays resembles a steaming heap of rubble.
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Former Springbok coach Jake White has come to IRB referees’ manager Paddy O’Brien’s defence in the wake of recent criticism.
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“They are so scared of how powerful we’ll become if it goes through.” Rugby Union’s Oceania chief has accused his Celtic counterparts of running scared by refusing to tweak international eligibility rules to strengthen Pacific Island teams.
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PLAYER SAFETY MUST COME FIRST The International Rugby Board Council today approved amendments to two aspects of Law that will ensure that the welfare of players always comes first.
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Ierland se flank Stephen Ferris het sy naam by die lys van opponente gevoeg wat kla dat die All Blacks met moord by die afbreekpunte wegkom.
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