Match officials to April 20

[SNOB]

http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,2...267117,00.html


Stuart Berry returns to action by taking charge of the Stormers against the Lions at Newlands, with Jaco Peyper running the other South African derby between the Sharks and Cheetahs.


Super Rugby Round 10

Hurricanes vs Blues at Westpac Stadium

Referee: Nick Briant (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Mike Fraser (New Zealand),Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)
Television match official: Chris Watt New Zealand

Rebels vs Force at AAMI Park, Christchurch

Referee: Andrew Lees (Australia)
Assistant referees: Steve Walsh (Australia), Angus Gardner (Australia)
Television match official: Steve Leszczynski (Australia)

Chiefs vs Crusaders at Waikato Stadium

Referee: Garratt Williamson (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Glen Jackson (New Zealand), Kane McBride (New Zealand)
Television match official: Glenn Newman (New Zealand)

Waratahs vs Bulls at Allianz Stadium, Sydney

Referee: Rohan Hoffmann (Australia)
Assistant referees: James Leckie (Australia), Ed Martin (Australia)
Television match official: Peter Marshall (Australia)

Sharks vs Cheetahs at KINGS Park

Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Craig Joubert (South Africa), Marius Jonker (South Africa)
Television match official: Deon van Blommenstein (South Africa)

Stormers vs Lions at Newlands

Referee: Stuart Berry (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa) Quinton Immelman (South Africa)
Television match official: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)

[eleypinkbit]

Are we playing in Christchurch?

[SNOB]

Bugger I'm only goin as far as Melbourne!

[The InnFORCEr]

AMI Park & AMMI Park.

Very confusing, did Growden write that

[Elf1]

My flight only goes to Melbourne.

[Ecky]

I quite like Andrew Lees' refereeing style. Hopefully he will have a good match, with rugby as the clear winner at the end of the day

We just need no game-changing cock up by Sir so we can focus on the game.

[GIGS20]

I quite like Andrew Lees' refereeing style.

I don't remember him at all.

That's a pretty good sign.

[travelling_gerry]

ROUND 11
62. Friday 25 April Blues v Waratahs Eden Park 17:35 Chris Pollock Nick Briant Mike Lash Glenn Newman
63. Friday 25 April Brumbies v Chiefs GIO Stadium Canberra 17:40 Steve Walsh Rohan Hoffmann Andrew Lees George Ayoub
64. Friday 25 April Sharks v Highlanders Growthpoint KINGS PARK 19:10 Jaco Peyper Stuart Berry Quinton Immelman Shaun Veldsman
65. Saturday 26 April Hurricanes v Reds Westpac Stadium 19:35 Mike Fraser Garratt Williamson Shane McDermott Vinny Munro
66. Saturday 26 April Force v Bulls nib Stadium 17:40 Angus Gardner James Leckie Matt O'Brien Peter Marshall
67. Saturday 26 April Cheetahs v Stormers Free State Stadium 17:05 Craig Joubert Marius van der Westhuizen Francois de Bruin Johan Greeff
BYE: CRUSADERS, LIONS, REBELS


68. Friday 2 May Blues v Reds Eden Park 19:35 Nick Briant Mike Fraser Brendon Pickerill Glenn Newman
69. Friday 2 May Rebels v Sharks AAMI Park 19:40 Andrew Lees Rohan Hoffmann James Leckie Peter Marshall
70. Saturday 3 May Crusaders v Brumbies AMI Stadium 16:35 Glen Jackson Garratt Williamson Ben O'Keefe Vinny Munro
71. Saturday 3 May Chiefs v Lions Waikato Stadium 19:35 Chris Pollock Mike Fraser Mike Lash Ben Skeen
72. Saturday 3 May Waratahs v Hurricanes Allianz Stadium 19:40 Steve Walsh Angus Gardner Michael Hogan George Ayoub
73. Saturday 3 May Stormers v Highlanders DHL Newlands 15:00 Craig Joubert TBC Quinton Immelman Deon van Blommenstein
74. Saturday 3 May Bulls v Cheetahs Loftus Versfeld 17:05 Marius van der Westhuizen Lourens van der Merwe Cobus Wessels Johan Greeff
REFEREE AR1 AR2 TMO
BYE: FORCE

[GIGS20]

Great, Angus Gardner gets to keep his job for another week by cruelties the force scrum

[Ecky]

Gus Gardner is, I am told, considered one of the Next Big Things by the powers that be in Aus rugby. He will be receiving all kinds of coaching/counselling in order to continually improve his game and, therefore, position in the pecking order. As long as he takes it all in and improves game by game, that's all right by me.

[jargan83]

He will be receiving all kinds of coaching/counselling in order to continually improve his game.

Blind people can be counselled into seeing again?

[andrewg]

Gus Gardner is certainly not the "Next Big Thing" as far as this Force fan is concerned.
My suggestion to the ARU is keep Angus busy at Shute Shield/Club Rugby level.

Gus has reffed a total of 9 Super XV games and 5 of these (more than half) have been Force games. (Amazingly we have won 3 of these)
(Rebels 3, Reds 2, Waratahs 2 and Brumbies 1)

And the game against the Bulls will make it 6 from 10!!!

Gus is a shocker and seems particularly bent against the Force.

In 2013 his only 4 games were Force games (Rebs, Reds, Brumbies and Waratahs)
Gus' efforts in the 23:30 loss to the Rebels was abysmal.

Gus' efforts always appear to take a position against a couple of practices of the Force and harp on them throughout the game.
His interpretations are very often wrong/incorrect e.g. Matt Hodgson query re the ball carrier having to release the ball once the tackling player (usually Hodgo) has his hands on the ball. "But Matt you also have to survive the cleanouts". What absolute rubbish!!!

My observation is that Angus does everything in his power to bring the Force's opposition back into the game.
He certainly does his best to frustrate our team.

The ARU has advised that the teams higher up the table get the better refs....(As the numbers above seem to support)

The Force is 5th on the table...Why does our team have to tolerate an obvious incompetent with a bias against the Force???

PS. I'm not usually a ref "knocker" and believe they generally get it right. However, with Gus you just know that we're in for a bad day!

[SNOB]

I can't bloody believe it! Do we have to keep getting this incompetent and possibly biased little twit?

[SinBin]

I'd love to know Foles and Hodgo's view on getting Angus Gardner all the time..

[RugbyRef]

Andrewg, the requirement to survive the cleanout has been with us for two seasons now.

Unless completely isolated and no immediate (<1sec) support then the Jackler must get hands on ball and survive the cleanout in order to win a penalty kick.

Sometimes the ball carrier releases, so he gets it, other times the support is good enough to clean the jackler off the ball, which means they have secured the possession. This is known as 'letting it breathe" to referees.

Whether or not you agree to that is irrelevant, that is the way it is refereed, and is quite consistent across all super rugby.

Whilst there is frustration at the first half penalties given by Gus, on review of the TV after, I had no problems with any of them. In all, he actually had a good game, including the correct call that he was happy with an apparent dangerous tackle by the Force that was highlighted by the TMO, and ruling correctly on the groundings of Nick's tries.

Whilst he may not be your cup of tea, there is certainly no evidence that he is biased, and most teams that have over 50% winning record with a ref would be pleased.

I know it's a supporters site, but sometimes a voice of reason is required. Happy to tell you when/if I believe a ref gets a decision wrong (including my own).