"No numbers."
Western Province have just been penalised at a scrum and the Blue Bulls kick the ball out to have a line-out.
If you listen carefully, you will hear the referee call: "No numbers. No numbers."
This is good management on his part. The Blue Bulls players walk slowly to the line-out. That men as that Western Province do not know how many players they are putting into the line-out and after all they determine the maximum number of players in the line-out.
By calling No Numbers the referee indicates that there is no need for Western Province to try to conform to a number in the line-out that may well be determined at the last minute.
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