Cape Town – South African referees expect to see fewer re-set scrums as a result of more accurate applications of the scrummaging laws this season said SA Referees manager Andre Watson on Friday.
All eleven members of the SA Referees National Panel attended a two-day workshop in Cape Town and participated in practical scrummaging sessions with the Vodacom Stormers forwards.
Similar exercises with the other SA Vodacom Super 14 franchises are also being planned.
SA Referees coach Tappe Henning, SA Referees scrummaging coach Balie Swart, and a group of refereeing assessors also attended the workshop.
“We are confident that we will be much more accurate with the scrum calls which will contribute to far less stoppages in the game as a result of these sessions,” said Watson.
“The IRB has decided that we need to cut down on the amount of scrum resetting.
So the referees will be hard on correct scrummaging.
In fact, we will be applying a zero tolerance for scrum transgressions.
“We had a practical session with the forward packs to iron out these problems so that the players can understand, and for the referees to see what practically occurs in the scrum.
Balie and Tappe also showed the referees how to fix these things and be more accurate with this aspect of the game.”
Swart, who recently joined the South African Rugby Union as a specialist Referees Scrummaging coach and as a referee selector, welcomed the initiative and confirmed that systems are in place to ensure that players, referees and coaches understand the correct scrummaging techniques.
“The problem is that we need to keep things simple, accurate and know that the safety of our players will always come first,” said Swart.
“We believe that referees are ‘safety officers’ at scrum time and hence the zero tolerance attitude for scrum infringements that causes scrums to collapse or disintegrate.
“There is a system that we have in place and we need everyone, including the players, referees and coaches to stick to this system.
Referees must not simply just go with the flow, they have to abide to the laws of the game.
“What stands out and something that we have noticed is that it is not always the referee who is always wrong. Sometimes the techniques and the way players are coached results in referees not being accurate with their decisions on the field.
“We need the players, we need the referees and we need the coaches to contribute to a better and more free-flowing game.”
Henning added that the National Panel of eleven referees, who attended the workshop, would now take the message back to their respective provinces to ensure that the accurate application of the scrum laws are applied at all levels of the game.
“We are very excited about this project and this is only the start of it,” said Henning.
“We’ve had a great session with the players and had plenty of feedback from them.
Unfortunately we have to begin at the top, but hopefully all the referees will spread the message so that it could infiltrate to the local clubs, schools and teams in their respective provinces.”
Vodacom Stormers assistant coach Matthew Proudfoot welcomed the exercise and expressed his union’s support for future workshops which would involve referees, players and coaches.
“On behalf of the Stormers and Western Province rugby, we would like to thank everyone involved with the SA Referees for initiating an exercise like this,” said Proudfoot.
“These workshops could only improve the understanding and communication of the correct law applications of the game between players, referees and coaches.”
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Ek hoop ou WasBalie Swart het die Refs goed gecoach…
Ag nee fok man! Al wat ek dink gaan gebeur is dat ons nog meer strafskoppe gaan sien! Veral met die losskrum reel wat ook verander. Dink julle ouens nie ook hulle moet die reels verslap nie. Los die ouens om hulself uitesort in die skrums.
2 @ Koningkie – Ek sê hulle kan die skrums en die losskrums aansienlik uitsort deur die volgende:
Skrums: Los die damn Crouch, Touch, Pause, Cuddle up…. roetine… vervang dit met “ready, engage”
Losskrums: Bring “controlled rucking” terug… as die man aan die verkeerde kant lê of oorval en afseël of met sy hande op die grond vroetel… laat hulle toe om beheersd agtertoe te ruck en sodoende die ou uit die pad te ruck… baie minder ouens gaan oorval dan want hy gaan studs op hom voel….
Dis wensdenkery dat die streng reëls wat nou gaan geld beserings verminder of dat die gekompliseerde tegniese reëls wat tans by die skrums en rucks geld probleme gaan verminder… eenvoudiger prosedures en minder reëls sal wel baie probleme verminder.
Hulle peuter darem baie met rugby se kontak sport gedeelte. Kyk binnekort gaan die ding nog uitdraai op n skrum waar die voorrye, mekaar soos in uncontested skrums saggies aanvat. Geen , hit sal toegelaat word nie. Waneer begin stoot word sal dan weer die brandpunt word.
Nostradamus
The game is slowly but surely being controlled by TV and marketing.
Those of us who come from a generation of players and lovers of the game who appreciate the finer technical points and nuances of forward play are fast becoming dinosaurs.
They will never go back to less laws and letting the players sort it out, as they want to recreate this game in order to attract more people to watch it, which means more revenue.
Many fans today, simply know very little about the game, but want to see a fast game with lots of running and tries, and this is what the law makers will give them, because that is how they get paid.
They introduced more laws at the breakdown and scrum, because they thought that it would speed up the game and give the modern fans the game I have described above.
In fact they created the opposite affect and turned the scrums and breakdown into a mess.
Now they are tring to fix this stuff up that they have created.
As far as the scrums go, I have no doubt that Ballie and the rest of them are simply teaching props to scrum 100% to the law, straight and level, and the refs will blow anything up that does not look like that.
In effect this will create robots scrumming in the front row, with all technique and know how about how to beat your man,thrown out of the window, to please fans who know absolutely nothing about scrumming.
As a result we may end up with all props looking identical to each other, in terms of weight and height, and the great game of rugby union created to cater for all shapes and sizes will have been watered down so that it can be dished up for people channell hopping on their TV.
Thanks Ballie.
I hope the pay is good.
tight head,
I hate this whole drive. They are killing our game. I agree with every word you said above.
have you joined our Superbru games?
Go ahead
Morning Super.
Yes, I am registered in the Rgby-Talk Superbru pool for the S14.
I look forward to it.
Jan asked:
Barend;
Eerstens baie geluk met die prestasies van die Bulle en die Bloubulle laasjaar met die CB en die Super 14. Tweedens baie dankie dat julle Heyneke weer by die Bulle betrek. Ons vertrou dat sy kennis en insig baie vrugtevol aangewend kan word.
Ek het twee vrae. Die eerste is eerder ‘n bekommernis / opmerking. Die Bulle is baie dun in die voorry, senters en vleuels. Hoe word hierdie probleem aangespreek. Dit is nog steeds ‘n bitter pil om te sluk dat ons Bryan Habana laat gaan het terwyl ons voorry verniel is in die CB laasjaar.
Tweedens is ons almal bewus van die berigte in die media rondom die klere, “brand” and kleure wat sogenaamd verander moet word. Ek hoop die Unie staan sterk en laat nie hierdie goed toe nie.
Dankie vir die vertroue wat ons in die huidige bestuur kan stel.
Barend van Graan answered:
Beste Jan,
Baie dankie vir jou mooi woorde en wense! Ons is bly Heyneke is terug en ek glo ons sal binnekort die vrugte daarvan pluk!
Sien my post oor voorrye in vorige chat hieronder: Die afrigters werk hard aan 2010 en die skrum en voorye is hoog op hulle agenda!
Die volgende spelers is deel van die groep:
Loskoppe
* Guthro Steenkamp
* Jaco Engels
* Dean Greyling
* Corne Fourie – Junior vlg jaar senior
Vaskoppe
* Werner Kruger
* Bees Roux
* Frik Kirsten – besig om te rehabiliteer
* Rossouw de Klerk
Hakers
Chilliboy Rallepela
Gary Botha
Bandise Maku
Derrick Kuun – Opsie in nood
Die junior strukture se spelers sal blootstelling kry en ons moet in in die strukture vertroue stel!
Sien berig op blog oor kleure en logo.
Groete,
Barend
cc asked:
Goeie dag Mnr Van Graan
Wil net baie geluk se met laas jaar se suksesvolle jaar en hoop hierdie jaar kan dieselfde gebeur.
Dankie ook dat die seisoen kaartjies se pryse wel af gekom het soos wat belowe is laas jaar. Die pryse is defnitief regverdig hierdie jaar.
Net een vraag, in die tyd wat die sokker by Loftus plaasvind waar gaan die bulle oefen vir daardie tydperk
Mag dit ‘n goeie jaar wees
Barend van Graan answered:
Beste cc,
Dankie vir jou mooi woorde en wense!
Die Bulle sal vir `n groot deel van die tyd op verlof wees na die Super 14. Die bestuur is besig om velde te finaliseer vir die tydperk wat hulle nie by Loftus kan oefen nie!
Al die Super 14 wedstryde vind op Loftus plaas. As die bulle in `n tuis-semi-finaal is kan dit ook op Loftus plaasvind. `n Tuis semi-finaal sal spesiale reelings verg, meer later hieroor!
Groete, Barend
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