Derby ‘n goeie lopie vir seisoen
Hoewel die jaarlikse derby tussen Hoërskool Waterkloof en Nelspruit as 'n vriendskaplike byeenkoms beskou word, was dit danksy sosiale media geen geheim wie die uiteindelike wenner tussen die Steval-KMIA Rhinos XV en Kloof was nie.
Die afrigters van die Rhinos, Gerhard Holtzhausen en Chris Mans het na afloop van die wedstryd gesê dat dit ‘n goeie afskop voor die begin van die wintersportseisoen was. NHS speel komende naweek tuis teen Rustenburg in die Tuks-reeks. “Volgehoue harde werk gaan van die 2016-seisoen van alle spelers verwag word. Dit is wonderlik om met geen vyandigheid aan so ‘n dag deel te neem en gedagtes te kan deel.”
Die afgelope naweek se wedstryde het ook as proewe gedien om die onderskeie spanne te finaliseer. Kloof se netbal- en hokkiespanne was merendeels aan die wenkant.
Reneé Adendorff, netbalspesialis van NHS voel dat die netbal die afgelope naweek letterlik en figuurlik gekook het. “Die hittegolf het die Nellies net tot groter hoogtes aangevuur. Dit was ‘n vriendskaplike byeenkoms wat deur albei skole gebruik is as finale proewe. Sowat 300 dogters het Saterdag die geleentheid gehad om hul netbalvaardighede teen een van die groot netbalskole te beproef. Carmen Cronjé, lid van die o/18-Proteaspan wat later vanjaar na Nieu-Seeland toer, het die teëstanders laat kopkrap en gewys waarom sy as een van die land se beste hulpdoele gereken word. Wedstryde is gewen en verloor, maar die groot wenner op hierdie dag was die ongelooflike sportmangees wat deur die dogters geopenbaar is. Die Nellies kan met groot verwagting uitsien na die uitdagings van die Tuks-reeks.
There are some changes to the laws of the game of rugby:
Mauls
When a team forms a maul and the ball is taken from the ball-carrier, the new ball-carrier is not allowed to slip to the back, carrying the ball. That is obstruction. To get the ball to the back, the ball will have to be handed back. This is liable to happen mostly at lineouts and kick-offs.
Penalty taken when time is up
When time has elapsed in either the first half or the second half of a match, but a team is penalised, the non-offending team will be allowed to kick the ball into touch and have the line-out. This makes the kick to touch and subsequent line-out part of the penalty. The same applies if the non-infringing team opt for a scrum instead of a penalty.
Scrums
When a scrum wheels through 90 degrees, the referee stops the scrum. If he is unsure of the cause of the wheel, he awards a new scrum with the same team to throw the ball in. (Previously the throw-in at the second scrum following the wheeled scrum always went to the team not in possession when the referee stopped the scrumming).
The scrumhalf of the team not winning a scrum is not allowed to step into the gap between the flank and the lock or no 8, the ball remains his offside line. That scrumhalf is also not allowed to touch players in the opposing scrum. (The law at present says he is not allowed to “grasp”. Now it is “touch”).
Rucks
A collapsed ruck, remains a ruck till the ball comes out. If a player attempts to step through a collapsed ruck, he could be penalised.
Source: SA Rugby Referees
