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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_stormer2010" data-source="post: 479453" data-attributes="member: 39190"><p>I was a tad sad to see Ikeys (alma mater) got beat badly but as I like both Shimlas and Maties as well I'm not too beat up about it. As long as the cup remains in the Cape I'm happy.</p><p></p><p>Not too surprised to see Ikeys do badly what with all their bloody players in the extended Stormers squad. Pretty surprised to see THAT scorelin in the Maties game; look like they may be upset about relinquishing the ***le last year and are back to make things right.</p><p></p><p>I could not watch a game yesterday but managed to see the a few 1st div games last week and I have to say I was pretty impressed with the level of refereeing at this level (better at times than S15!!). We should have only SA refs in Super rugby but I guess that'd be as much of a hinderance to SA teams as having NZ and Aus 'refs'.</p><p></p><p>The other thing that stood out was the trial points (5 for a try, 3 for a conversion and 2 for a penalty and drop) and I have to say I hate it unresevedly. WTF! You'll have to score 4 penalties to equal a try and while in the varsity cup the discipline has been pretty good it just opens up a can of worms where better teams will be smarter about infringes and with better defences they will just look to slow down the ball with giving away a penalty meaning nothing at all. It also takes away from the conversion in a way IMO in that 2 penalties (6) used to be more than an unconverted try (5) but less than a converted try (7) which makes for interesting games IMO.</p><p></p><p>IMO the only thing that they needed to do to sort out the game and get entertaining rugby (I'm assuming that's what they are doing with rewarding the team scoring tries) is be more strict at the breakdown like they were in 2010. FFS it worked and then they started not to enforce it anymore. Just enforce the bloody existing laws. The only other thing is the scrum (refs need some education here) and consistency in reffing these areas and consistency in citings/disciplinary proceedings.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_stormer2010, post: 479453, member: 39190"] I was a tad sad to see Ikeys (alma mater) got beat badly but as I like both Shimlas and Maties as well I'm not too beat up about it. As long as the cup remains in the Cape I'm happy. Not too surprised to see Ikeys do badly what with all their bloody players in the extended Stormers squad. Pretty surprised to see THAT scorelin in the Maties game; look like they may be upset about relinquishing the ***le last year and are back to make things right. I could not watch a game yesterday but managed to see the a few 1st div games last week and I have to say I was pretty impressed with the level of refereeing at this level (better at times than S15!!). We should have only SA refs in Super rugby but I guess that'd be as much of a hinderance to SA teams as having NZ and Aus 'refs'. The other thing that stood out was the trial points (5 for a try, 3 for a conversion and 2 for a penalty and drop) and I have to say I hate it unresevedly. WTF! You'll have to score 4 penalties to equal a try and while in the varsity cup the discipline has been pretty good it just opens up a can of worms where better teams will be smarter about infringes and with better defences they will just look to slow down the ball with giving away a penalty meaning nothing at all. It also takes away from the conversion in a way IMO in that 2 penalties (6) used to be more than an unconverted try (5) but less than a converted try (7) which makes for interesting games IMO. IMO the only thing that they needed to do to sort out the game and get entertaining rugby (I'm assuming that's what they are doing with rewarding the team scoring tries) is be more strict at the breakdown like they were in 2010. FFS it worked and then they started not to enforce it anymore. Just enforce the bloody existing laws. The only other thing is the scrum (refs need some education here) and consistency in reffing these areas and consistency in citings/disciplinary proceedings. [/QUOTE]
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