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Late Tackle: A few seconds with Egon
By RugbyPass
Super Rugby referee Egon Seconds jumps onto the couch and brings some unique insight into all things refereeing while bringing some humour to the panel.
Howie Kahn, Anton ‘Worms’ van Zyl and Morgan Newman get the show underway with a recap of the penultimate Super Rugby round-robin matches before digging their teeth into the Newlands Stadium sage.
The panel shares their thoughts on the Super Rugby conference system before Morgan Newman makes a massive statement about the state of Western Province Rugby at 10:09.
Seconds turns on the humour from the second he gets on the couch and chats about his remarkable rise as a professional referee two minutes later before throwing in his two cents around the Stormers’ potential move to the Cape Town Stadium.
The banter was always going to lead to Seconds’ now-famous hairstyle during his playing days before he opens up about the tough task he had around adjusting from being a player to an official.
The discussion then went into serious mode as Newman questioned Seconds about the refereeing of certain aspects of the game and what exactly the protocol is about making those decisions.
Seconds then provides some insight into how referees are reviewed and analysed before the panel lures him into speaking about policing the breakdown.
The show concludes by looking at the final round of Super Rugby action and the various permutations that could change the final standings ahead of the playoffs.
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The New Zealand performance in the return fixture in 2016 was filthy. A lot of Irish supporters were pretty shocked by it, viewed it as de facto cheating just to avoid another defeat.
Also shocked by the abuse to Ireland, captain, vice-captain and spectators after the full time whistle in Paris defeat, last match.
Sledging is sledging, but that happens during the game and targetting spectators should be completely out of bounds.
The Irish public used to enjoy these matches, even in defeat. Now they are necessary but unpleasant, because NZ apparently cannot accept or respect successful challengers.
Go to commentsThanks for the analysis Nick, thought provoking as usual. Couple of queries though, in the pic where you've circled Williams bind , I'm pretty sure it shows Stuart's knee on the ground, surely that's a NZ penalty? Also having had the chance to watch it again the All Black scrum seeems to improve after halftime, but before either England or the All Blacks replace their props. Not sure if that was the result of Tuipolutu coming on or some halftime tips. Either way this is only Williams second international season, so he'll be better for the experience.
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