Durban — Schoolboy rugby players from DF Malan and Brackenfell might have felt they were in the classroom about to get detention when the referee in a match between the schools slammed a player for foul language.
A very agitated referee stops the game with a shrill blast of his whistle and calls up the Brackenfell captain and then the offending player, and lays down the law: “Your discipline is lacking, you can’t say ’your ma se P... This is nonsense, you can’t be saying ‘your ma se P...’”
The referee proceeds to award DF Malan a penalty, and given the schoolmasterly tone of the ref, it would not be surprising if the offender was later asked to wash his mouth out with soap.
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Discipline and schools rugby has indeed been in the news this week after a video went viral of a brawl in a U16 match between KZN schools Northwood and Kearsney at the latter’s home ground at the weekend. But the schoolboys initially were innocent as the fracas was caused by a miffed parent who was convinced the referee had cheated Northwood in the game.
He is seen first approaching the referee, who beats a retreat, and then he grabs a Kearsney boy, which is when all hell breaks loose...
As long as there has been school sport there has been a history of parents getting carried away on the sidelines but seldom do they actually invade the pitch, and it remains to be seen if a sanction has been imposed on the offender.
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