Blame the ref!
Joe Jacobs said it best: "We wuz robbed." That was in 1932 when Jack Sharkey beat his 'boy' Max Schmeling when Joe thought the decision was unfair. Full story...

Duty Ref 341 - Jonathan Kaplan
Up in Johannesburg to receive a reward on Tuesday night and off to Stellenbosch for a club game on wet Wednesday night, Jonathan Kaplan still found time to answer readers' questions. Full story...

Dorothy Baise dies
Dorothy Baise, wife of legendary referee Max Baise, died in Riversdale Hospital on Sunday afternoon after a long battle against cancer, Full story...

Duty Ref 340 - Jonathan Kaplan
The most experienced referee in the history of Test rugby answers readers' questions. That he and others are still doing so is testimony to the complicated nature of the game. Full story...

Hueber in trouble
Alain Hueber, the 43-year-old former French scrumhalf and current coach of Toulon, is to appear before a disciplinary committee of the Ligue Nationale de Rugby, the body which controls professional rugby in France. Full story...

Stats: Tri-Nations, Week Seven
South Africa, comfortable winners of the Tri-Nations last year, won their first Tri-Nations this year. They and Australia have a win each and so are in competition for the wooden spoon. The match in Pretoria started at a hectic rate with five tries in 11 minutes. We give some statistics from the matches. Full story...


(c) Gallo
We have just one question this time, because it seemed appropriate that André Watson, South Africa's boss of referees, answer it.

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At the half-way mark in the Currie Cup, André Watson, South Africa's referees boss, has sent out an interim report to his referees on their Currie Cup performances.
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(c) Getty
The Tri-Nations reaches its penultimate match, the Women's World Cup reaches its final round, England's Premiership and the Magners League. And referees are coming and going all over the place.
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What a grand occasion - South Africa vs New Zealand at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on Saturday afternoon. We give some statistics, a boring thing to do of such an exciting occasion.
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