Bryce fears for safety in SA
16 Nov 2011
Bryce Lawrence says he won’t officiate in South Africa next season if his personal safety is under threat.
Since Lawrence’s controversial performance in the Wallabies’ 11-9 quarter-final win over the Springboks at the World Cup, the Kiwi referee has been critcized for his handling of the breakdown by South African players, fans and media.
Retired Springbok captain John Smit said: ‘The one positive of retirement is that I won’t ever have to be reffed by him again’. Even Saru manager of referees Andre Watson slammed Lawrence’s performance, saying the New Zealander won’t officiate at a future World Cup as he would be severely admonished by the IRB.
A Facebook campaign titled ‘Petition To Stop Bryce Lawrence Ever Reffing A Rugby Game Again’ set up a platform for public abuse to be directed at Lawrence, while 94.7 Highveld Stereo radio station’s Darren ‘Whackhead’ Simpson has claimed to have prank called him in the middle of the night.
Speaking to Tony Veitch on Radiosport, Lawrence said he is aware of the threat of refereeing in South Africa during Super Rugby next year.
‘I’m not totally concerned. I know a lot of other people like the New Zealand Rugby Union and SANZAR do have some serious concerns,’ Lawrence said. ‘In all honesty, I’m not going to go over there if there’s any personal threat or I have concerns about my safety because in the end it’s a job. I know that, and also it’s just a sport so I’m not going to put myself at risk.’
‘I refereed the [Super Rugby] final last year,’ he continued. ‘I’ve refereed a lot of play-off games so that level is something I’m more than capable of refereeing. I’ll referee South African teams in Super Rugby, it may be in Australia or New Zealand that I referee them and I’m sure the criticism will resurface every time I do referee them.’
Lawrence admitted that he always thinks back to his performance in the Wallabies/Bok quarter-final fixture.
‘It hasn’t been the greatest four or six weeks of my life…in all honesty there isn’t a day goes by even now that I don’t think about what I could have done better and how it’s affecting me and what it means for me going forward. It’s still very fresh and probably pretty raw really,’ he said.
‘I was disappointed with some aspects in my own performance that day after refereeing four really pretty strong games in pool play. I’m not blaming anyone for the quarterfinal refereeing display apart from myself. I didn’t referee as well as I could.
‘I was pretty relaxed going into that game, and Australia/South Africa I have refereed numerous times in the last few years at Tri-Nations level so the game didn’t scare me or concern me. I just think I went away from what I’m best at. I’m best when I’m pretty decisive and reasonably technical and tactical – and I just went too much down the tactical side of things where I was really trying to minimise making technical errors.
‘I got criticised heavily and some of that I accept because I know I could have done better.’
Lawrence added that he has been punished by being left out of the Six Nations.
‘Look, there have been some pretty clear consequences from my quarterfinal display. I’m not going to be refereeing Six Nations next year, they can say that means I’m rested but in reality I accept that one of the consequences of my performance is that I’m not going to be doing Six Nations.
‘That’s disappointing from a personal level but also something that I probably support. Referees often get criticised and not held accountable – well I’m clearly being held accountable I’m not refereeing Six Nations.’
Meanwhile, Sanzar CEO Greg Peters told Eyewitness News they have not expressed any concerns regarding Lawrence’s safety in South Africa. Peters explained that he consulted their legal advisors and said the Lawrence safety saga has not been discussed within Sanzar.
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16 Nov 2011, 15:47 pm
In the north of China, the staple food is noodle not rice actually they do amazing things with noodles in this part of the world, lets get straight back to tonights big question, did Gert cheat in 76′? ( if you’re not old enough ask your old man)
16 Nov 2011, 16:01 pm
@NZINCHINA(NZINCHINA)-301:
I’m not interested in what you do with them in your spare time.
There are other websites for that sort of thing.
Where are my noodles?
16 Nov 2011, 16:08 pm
Hey china, waa’s my fokkn noedels?
16 Nov 2011, 16:12 pm
@Gunther(gunther)-302:
You’ll have to answer the question first but I was wondering why I would have to whip up some noodles, the guy you were going to dob into immigration for being an illegal immigrant can he not serve you, or if not him surely some other peasant can serve you?
16 Nov 2011, 16:14 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-303:
sheeesus.
it’s a good thing our china is a financial genius.
Because he’d last about 5 minutes at The Golden Pagoda.
16 Nov 2011, 16:16 pm
Not one SAFFA has come to defend poor old Gerts record, what could this mean?
16 Nov 2011, 16:17 pm
@Gunther(gunther)-305:
Did you ever dob that guy in like you said you were going to do, don’t dob too many in though you’ll have nobody to serve you?
16 Nov 2011, 16:18 pm
Less talk and more wok, china.
16 Nov 2011, 16:18 pm
@NZINCHINA(NZINCHINA)-304:
I work for immigration so I don’t have to dob anybody.
DibbyDobber.
Anyway he was deported for abalone smuggling.
Who knew?
16 Nov 2011, 16:19 pm
pot noodles?
16 Nov 2011, 16:19 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-308:
16 Nov 2011, 16:19 pm
@Gunther(gunther)-309:
Who will serve you now then?
16 Nov 2011, 16:20 pm
@au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-310:
ah the voice of reason has arrived, Gert your thoughts?
16 Nov 2011, 16:21 pm
@NZINCHINA(NZINCHINA)-288:
Refresh my memory – is he the SA ref who should have awarded a penalty try in 4th Test of Andy Leslie tour – instead gave a penalty which gave AB’s lead, only to lose to Bok penalty in closing minutes – tour result therefore was 3-1 to Boks, when it could and should have been evens?
If it was that one I would, after a lot of reflection, go penalty try.
(Young New Zealand cricket XI came to Harare 11 years later and were still pissed off about it).
But that supports my argument doesn’t it: the refs should be neutral – genuinely NEUTRAL?
16 Nov 2011, 16:23 pm
@NZINCHINA(NZINCHINA)-312:
that’s the thing my china.
another appeared as if by magic.
it’s like there is a chinese stork.
now where are the team noodles?
otherewise we will downsize you and give the tender to NZINTHAILAND.
16 Nov 2011, 16:24 pm
@NZINCHINA(NZINCHINA)-288:
And by the way – that has been my theory for many years now: Paddy O’Brien grew up in that vintage and this is now payback …
16 Nov 2011, 16:27 pm
@J.B. Cowper(J.B. Cowper)-314:
Yes that was the one, of course they should be but sometimes things like this happen, Bryce had a bad game we can all agree on that but to suggest him and Paddy were conspiring to fix matches and were on the take etc blah blah blah is pathetic.
16 Nov 2011, 16:29 pm
@Gunther(gunther)-315:
more coming your way you can count on that, I don’t cook em I just eat em
16 Nov 2011, 16:30 pm
@J.B. Cowper(J.B. Cowper)-316:
so are you saying Gert cheated or made a genuine mistakes?
16 Nov 2011, 16:31 pm
@NZINCHINA(NZINCHINA)-313:
Pot, Pot, Pot Noodle
Pot, Pot, Pot Noodle
Mucky stuff, yucky stuff
Bogie in a powder
You’re pourin’ in some water
Turns it into chowder
Let’s get a milkshake, fill it up with glutamate
Buy some try some whoops-upset-tum
Chuck it up, Pot Noodle
Chuck it up, Pot Noodle
i do think weird al yankovich would have done a better cover though….
16 Nov 2011, 16:32 pm
@au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-320:
Very good, Gert?
16 Nov 2011, 16:37 pm
@NZINCHINA(NZINCHINA)-317:
you are comparing a single incident.
with an entire match?
wowzers.
pour us a glass of whatever your having.
something to complement my noodles.
16 Nov 2011, 16:39 pm
poor brycie, i quite like him, he’s totally incompetent of course, but nevertheless.
16 Nov 2011, 16:39 pm
We have peasants ????
16 Nov 2011, 16:42 pm
Good mates with a professional rugby ref, absolutely no way any of them are on the take, good night from the PRC.
16 Nov 2011, 16:42 pm
No funny stuff in mine, china. No eel poepol, no gerbil tongue, no tadpoles, no rhino horn. Just the fried noodles. Chop chop.
16 Nov 2011, 16:45 pm
Do we know what this muppitt was paid to take the world champions out of the tournament?
16 Nov 2011, 16:45 pm
@Gunther(gunther)-322:
No Im not, oh and he forgot how to speak English during the game
He then goes on and elaborates about everything Bezuidenhout did wrong with emphasis on the two times that Bruce Robertson was obstructed from scoring; the South African lifting tactics in the line-outs; and the final penalty against Bush –who was nowhere near the ball- for barging in the line-out.
16 Nov 2011, 16:46 pm
@TheBoksAreBack(bringbacktheboks)-327:
Gert might know?
16 Nov 2011, 16:47 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-326:
To be honest I’m going off the idea.
He says they do “amazing stuff” with noodles there.
Suddenly I feel the need to cut out carbs.
16 Nov 2011, 16:48 pm
@NZINCHINA(NZINCHINA)-321:
you started out as a reasonable minded poster to the best of my recollection and i recall having a discussion about racism and crime in both south africa and new zealand with you in which we came to agree on a shared view of these two phenomena being quite similar in both countries, for the most part.
(yes i’m being a bit of a dooss by saying this, i know) but this was back when you were’nt even world champs yet. you are now world champs (albeit the most dodgy of title aquisition, as title aquisitions go)… but still world champs all the same…
why did it go wrong for you? i dont understand?
why defend an indefensible dooss of a referee?
16 Nov 2011, 16:49 pm
I he wins ‘Ref of the year in NZ’ … that will be really telling won’t it. He did the job the AB team couldn’t, NZ’s know it and will publicly reward him for it (no doubt they have secretly too).
16 Nov 2011, 16:49 pm
@Gunther(gunther)-330:
You and Katwoman should start your own show.
16 Nov 2011, 16:50 pm
Ho hum, same old, same old. Isn’t wee Brycie a prize twat. Varked up the B&I Lions series, although SA benefitted, varked up many S15 games, including the semi, varked up Oz vs Ireland (penalised every little thing, making Oz wild and admitted it) then varked up Oz vs SA (going the other way from the previous game and let whining Oz do anything). Now he’s too scared to come to SA?
Why is this clownish little drip of pee reffing at all? Copying cheating Dad, coached by cheating Paddy. Stay in NZ and take up some time honoured NZ job; boozing or bee keeping, plenty vacancies at the minute.
Funny to see Gwanty10 breaking cover picking U12c players for Wee Pee. C’mon lad, stop sniffing little boys bicycle seats at Clifton Primary and bark with the big dogs at Clifton Senior Primary.
16 Nov 2011, 16:50 pm
If…
16 Nov 2011, 16:51 pm
@NZINCHINA(NZINCHINA)-325:
is he a kiwi proffessional ref?
becuase then he can’t be very good.
I mean if Cheese and Bryce was judged the best of your lot…
Then the others must be toilet.
justsaying.
16 Nov 2011, 16:52 pm
@au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-331:
I’ve said he had a bad game but wasn’t on the take as plenty of clo wns around here have suggested.
@TheBoksAreBack(bringbacktheboks)-332:
Did Gert win SA ref of the year in 76′?
16 Nov 2011, 16:53 pm
@NZINCHINA(NZINCHINA)-333:
make the man some ffucking noodles….
16 Nov 2011, 16:53 pm
@NZINCHINA(NZINCHINA)-333: so threatened by our comments on brycie?
is it because he is a kiwi?
io because you know he devalued your wc win?
its ok, you guys won it, loosen up and enjoy and make my noodle order a double chop chop quicky quicky you see very nice?
16 Nov 2011, 16:54 pm
@Gunther(gunther)-330: I thought he meant stuff like straightening the kinks out of the 2 minute noodles with a hot iron.
What depraved stuff was he talking about? I’ve lost my appetite too now.
16 Nov 2011, 16:55 pm
@Gunther(gunther)-336:
SA has the best refs, SA doesn’t have the best rugby teams thats the real problem mate not the refs but its feels good to blame somebody for failures on the park like we did in 07′, SA needs to start winning again and I can assure you the ref moaning will cease to exist.
16 Nov 2011, 16:58 pm
@NZINCHINA(NZINCHINA)-337:
fair do, i’ll meet you there for now.
i do believe there was something a little more to it but have to go afk, so will put my point across next time.
we dont have to be catty and ugly towards one another, for my part i apologise.
.
go easy on the noodles..
16 Nov 2011, 16:58 pm
@rangerman(rangerman)-339:
Ranger I take exception to punters suggesting Bryce and Paddy match fixed, Bryce is not a good ref no problem with that.
16 Nov 2011, 16:58 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-340:
I don’t know but according to the interweb chlamydia is not a type of clam.
16 Nov 2011, 16:58 pm
@NZINCHINA(NZINCHINA)-337: where are my noodles?
who said he was on the take?
we said he fixed the comp up nicely for the kiwis thats all.
mabe he is a patriot?
like his doosdad?
the poeth keith.
or maybe he is simply incompetent?
any way you look at it, he is useless.
bring me a side order of chicken fried blyce with my noodles.
sharpish.
16 Nov 2011, 16:59 pm
@au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-342:
cheers mate
16 Nov 2011, 17:00 pm
Some of these noodle jokes are actually quite funny.
16 Nov 2011, 17:01 pm
@NZINCHINA(NZINCHINA)-343: ok bygones.
congrats on the ab win, they certainly deserved it over the last decade if not as much at this tourney imo.
enjoy it man and just let the banter flow over you.
bryce is a spineless **** though, thats not banter.
16 Nov 2011, 17:05 pm
Noodle Jokes on Keo?
Am I in the right place or just a website that looks a lot like Keo???
An…… “Impasta”, perhaps????
urf urf urf
16 Nov 2011, 17:05 pm
@rangerman(rangerman)-348:
cheers buddy, i let 99% of the banter flow sometimes you have to stand up for what you think is right though even if this blog actually means nothing
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