Congratulations to the Blue Bulls on an excellent win in the 2009 Currie Cup final. What a great contest between the two teams who have dominated Currie Cup finals over the last 5 or so years. There where one or two instances where I felt that the Cheetahs were unlucky in calls not going their way, Habana’s try in the 14th minute was clearly forward, but it was a hard fought contest all around and a great game. Pity about the unnecessary argy bargy after the final whislte. I definately think Bakkies would have dominated that one… A special mention should go to Jonathan “JK” Kaplan for letting the game flow.
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2009 Currie Cup final – Blue Bulls VS Freestate Cheetahs
the final was epic, but It could have been so much better had the referee done his job.
I’m sure everyone have by now received the mail about all the mistakes he made. Not just him, but the line referees as well.
This has become a trend in Rugby these days, for referees to do what they want, seeing that there is no repercussions for their actions.
a Player gets sited after a match for mistakes he made during the match. a referee gets away with all his mistakes.
The IRB should start a point system where the referees gets points to their name for every mistake they make on the field.
In the end the ref with the least points would get handed better matches. Then the whole experience crap can fall away, cause these days its the more experienced refs that cause teams to loose.
You can never write those orange Cheetahs off and they so nearly proved that.
Wrong decisions from a ref can definitely influence a game and the temperament of players. I agree that not always are the inexperienced refs to blame for getting a call wrong and at times the “decent” more experienced refs also blow a wrong call as well.
I haven’t actually seen that email you mentioned, maybe you could forward it onto readers@blogspotrugby.com
Thanks for comment Pire.
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