SANZAR have released the match officials for the 17th Round of the 2011 Super Rugby tournament with Steve Walsh returning to action.
Walsh kicks off the weekend on Friday in Hamilton and Jonathan Kaplan finishes the weekend off in Cape Town.
There are seven matches this weekend, two on Friday and five on Saturday.
Super Rugby Match Officals Round 17.
Chiefs vs Hurricanes in Hamilton
Referee: Steve Walsh
Assistant referees: Bryce Lawrence, Nick Briant
Television match official: Ben Skeen
Brumbies vs Rebels in Canberra
Referee: Glen Jackson
Assistant referees: Ian Smith, Steve Hardy
Television match official: Matt Goddard
Crusaders vs Blues in Timaru
Referee: Craig Joubert
Assistant referees: Vinny Munro, Kane McBride
Television match official: Keith Brown
Waratahs vs Highlanders in Sydney
Referee: Chris Pollock
Assistant referees: James Leckie, Andrew Lees
Television match official: Matt Goddard
Force vs Reds in Perth
Referee: Stuart Dickinson
Assistant referees: Nathan Pearce, Julian Pritchard
Television match official: George Ayoub
Lions vs Sharks in Johannesburg
Referee: Marius Jonker
Assistant referees: Jason Jafta, Johan Greeff
Television match official: Gerrie Coetzee
Stormers vs Bulls at Newlands
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan
Assistant referees: Mark Lawrence, Phillip Bosch
Television match official: Johann Meuwesen
Some good match-ups this week!
Saders vs Blues…. one of the 2 will falter and let the Teams below creep up.
Waratahs vs Highlanders…. Hopefully the Landers can play a big one, otherwise the Waratahs are in with a good shout for 6th spot.
Lions vs Sharks….. Come on Lions, a big one from you will be appreciated… not at all likely though.
Stormers vs Bulls…. Champion vs Finalist, both sides on form and it is at home in the Cape, tuff one for the Bulls… but they are best with their backs to the wall, as we’ve seen in the last few years.
Jonathan Kaplan has been simply woeful in 2011 as a referee, what has happened to him, he was one of the premier referees all round?
The Lions have never won in 9 outings with plonker Jonker officiating. One has to wonder whether there is anything a group of players can do to reverse a trend like that.
When in club Rugby I always used to tell my group that they need to play to a level where the referee’s decisions become irrelevant to the outcome of the game.
Easy to say though.
Given Plonker, the end of the year and the long trip home, I reckon the Guppies by a dozen.
lions met daai mamparra teen julle gaan dit virhelle gaan ,nietemin gaan ek hart siel en pniel vir julle skree
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