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Wasps Rugby Discussion / in the market for a fly half?
« on: October 01, 2019, 01:31:27 PM »
https://www.therugbypaper.co.uk/featured-post/33829/exeter-chiefs-hunt-for-successor-to-veteran-gareth-steenson/
Reading this article it appears that we are in the hunt for a Fly-half for next season... Do we think this is a successor for Gopps, or are we merely bolstering numbers?
Reading this article it appears that we are in the hunt for a Fly-half for next season... Do we think this is a successor for Gopps, or are we merely bolstering numbers?
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Nic Berry
« on: February 28, 2019, 11:30:41 AM »
I've only just twigged that the referee for the England v Italy Six Nations game is none other than former Wasps Scrum-Half Nic Berry (yes late to the party probably as all refs were announced ages ago).
I knew he had risen quickly through the Super Rugby ranks as a referee but not sure I had ever realised he was refereeing internationally. Really pleased to see though, given his enforced retirement from playing for us, as he was not only a great player but a really good guy with a good eye for the laws (obviously important as a referee).
Am very pro former players becoming referees. I think it gives them an edge over non-player refs as they potentially have a better understanding of flow and ebb to games as well as some of the more nitty-gritty technicalities on pitch. Equally I would imagine it makes them better at spotting those little niggly infringements that players make resulting in, one would hope, better discipline enforcement on pitch. Just an opinion mind.
I knew he had risen quickly through the Super Rugby ranks as a referee but not sure I had ever realised he was refereeing internationally. Really pleased to see though, given his enforced retirement from playing for us, as he was not only a great player but a really good guy with a good eye for the laws (obviously important as a referee).
Am very pro former players becoming referees. I think it gives them an edge over non-player refs as they potentially have a better understanding of flow and ebb to games as well as some of the more nitty-gritty technicalities on pitch. Equally I would imagine it makes them better at spotting those little niggly infringements that players make resulting in, one would hope, better discipline enforcement on pitch. Just an opinion mind.
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