The four SA franchises campaigning in the United Rugby Championship (URC) will meet the competition’s head of match officials to raise their issues related to refereeing.
The transition of the Sharks, Bulls, Stormers and Lions from Super Rugby to URC has been a tough one and the different refereeing interpretations they’ve encountered in the northern hemisphere didn’t make things easier.
Henning is a former SA Test referee and spent eight years working as the Scottish Rugby Union’s Referee Commissioner. “He will highlight the areas they have been looking at. Unfortunately, there wasn’t time between the Currie Cup and the URC to sort all these matters out.
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