Stats: Super 14, Week 5
There are still a lot of points being scored in the Super 14 - 372 in this round, an average of 62 points per match. Of course, it includes the massive thrashing the Lions received. We give some stats from each match and then the running totals of tries, penalties and so on. The totals tell you who has scored most tries, conceded fewest tries, been penalised most and had most disciplinary action. Full story...

IRB ruiling on the tackle
The tackle remains a nettle on the rugby field. The IRB has been returning to basics in the application of the law and now gives a ruling to help with the applications of the law, one which, it seems, will be a perennial problem. Full story...

IRB rules on time
The Laws of rugby football are, in a sense, a compendium of failure. Somebody does something that looks wrong or not quite kosher or causing an unwanted effect and that becomes law. This has happened now with deciding the end of a match, after the incident which ended the Wales-France encounter. Full story...

Referee Williamson of New Zealand
On Saturday, Garratt Williamson of New Zealand's capital will referee the match in Canberra between the Brumbies and the Sharks. It will be just his second Super 14 match. Full story...

Duty Ref 315 - Jaco Peyper
Jaco Peyper, just appointed to two more matches in Australia, is again answering readers' questions. Full story...

Two S14 referees 'stood down'
Two of SANZAR's panel of referees for the Super 14 will not be getting appointments to Super 14 matches until they have made improvements to their performances. The two are Paul Marks of Australia and Pro Legoete of South Africa. Full story...


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Jaco Peyper, just appointed to two more matches in Australia, is again answering readers' questions.

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It's the last day of Six Nations and it ends with the big one, Le Crunch, at Stade de France. We bring you all the other refereeing appointments from around the world...
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SANZAR has announced the match official for Weeks 6-8. They include the return of Stuart Dickinson and Nathan Pearce from injury and relatively new men in Jaco Peyper, Jonathon White and Garratt Williamson.
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Keith Brown from the deep south of New Zealand, is relatively new to Super rugby but this season he has been appointed to three matches in the first four rounds - in Durban, Cape Town and Christchurch.
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