Our Officails for SA Tour

[The InnFORCEr]

Saturday 10 May Cheetahs v Force Free State Stadium

Chris Pollock
Marius Jonker
Francois de Bruin
Shaun Veldsman


Saturday 17 May Stormers v Force DHL Newlands

Chris Pollock
Marius Jonker
Quinton Immelman
Shaun Veldsman

[hertryk]

We obviously don't deserve Joubert then ???

[GIGS20]

I thought, since we were in the top six, we might get some decent refs.

Isn't that the policy now?

[Ecky]

We may be in the top six, but the oppo is not. Therefore the higher-ranked refs would not likely be appointed.
You'd expect (well, I'd expect) that the Brumbies v Sharks match would get the highest ranked ref. That Glen Jackson is appointed to that match is a surprise to me.
Joubert getting Bulls v Stormers is also a surprise.
The Hoff getting Crusaders v Sharks also be a surprise to me.

It is interesting, though, that the appointments this week and next do not always appoint a local from the country where the fixture is being played.

Round 13

Chiefs vs Blues at Yarrow Stadium
Referee: Mike Fraser (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Nick Briant (New Zealand), Shane McDermott (New Zealand)
Television match official: Glenn Newman (New Zealand)

Rebels vs Hurricanes at AAMI Park
Referee: Matt O'Brien (Australia)
Assistant referees: Steve Walsh (Australia), Ed Martin (Australia)
Television match official: Peter Marshall (Australia)

Highlanders vs Lions at Forsyth Barr Stadium
Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia)
Assistant referees: Garratt Williamson (New Zealand), Kane McBride (New Zealand)
Television match official: Vinny Munro (New Zealand)

Brumbies vs Sharks at GIO Stadium Canberra
Referee: Glen Jackson (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Andrew Lees (Australia), James Leckie (Australia)
Television match official: George Ayoub (Australia)

Cheetahs vs Force at Free State Stadium
Referee: Chris Pollock (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Marius Jonker (South Africa), Francois de Bruin (South Africa)
Television match official: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)

Bulls vs Stormers at Loftus Versfeld
Referee: Craig Joubert
Assistant referees: Lourens van der Merwe, Jaco van Heerden
Television match official: Johan Greeff

Reds vs Crusaders at Suncorp Stadium
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Rohan Hoffmann (Australia), Damien Mitchelmore (Australia)
Television match official: Steve Leszczynski (Australia)

Round 14

Hurricanes vs Highlanders at Westpac Stadium
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Garratt Williamson (New Zealand), Kane McBride (New Zealand)
Television match official: Aaron Peterson (New Zealand)

Crusaders vs Sharks at AMI Stadium
Referee: Rohan Hoffmann (Australia)
Assistant referees: Mike Fraser (New Zealand), Mike Lash (New Zealand)
Television match official: Chris Watt (New Zealand)

Reds vs Rebels at Suncorp Stadium
Referee: Steve Walsh (Australia)
Assistant referees: Matt O'Brien (Australia), Damien Mitchelmore (Australia)
Television match official: Steve Leszczynski (Australia)

Stormers vs Force at Newlands
Referee: Chris Pollock (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Marius Jonker (South Africa), Quinton Immelman (South Africa)
Television match official: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)

Cheetahs vs Brumbies at Free State Stadium
Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Lourens van der Merwe (South Africa), Francois de Bruin (South Africa)
Television match official: Johan Greeff (South Africa)

Waratahs vs Lions at Allianz Stadium
Referee: Nick Briant (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Angus Gardner (Australia), Andrew Lees (Australia)
Television match official: George Ayoub (Australia)

[blueandblack]

3 refs the same for both our matches.

[James]

Chris Pollock is good news. He is a New Zealand ref and therefore likely to referee to New Zealand style of play- which is more likely to be similar to Australian style of play. I reckon he is also going to be less likely to make monumentally shit decisions that favour the home side as we saw earlier in the season.

[GIGS20]

Yeah, but id still prefer the experience of Marius Jonker.

It's not like hes busy with other things that day, and he's less of a hometown ref than Joubert

[Rex Messup]

The refs are so bad we might as well get Pete van Zyl out of the crowd. If you have an attacking feed 15 m from the tryline, of course we would deliberately collapse a scrum and concede a penalty...perhaps my favourite sin of the pea blower.I also enjoy the scrum being reset as the 9 passes to the 10 from the back of the scrum. I also enjoy how they talk to the players as if they are school teachers. The less media coverage these belters get the better the game will be. The fans should vote on the way out to determine whether the ref gets paid. You want the fans back to rugby...ask rex