Win Cape Town Tens tickets

Up for grabs on the Grunt today … Courtesy of Canterbury teamwear, a set of two tickets to both the Friday and Saturday of the Castle Cape Town Tens …

How to enter? Drop me a mail on tanklanning@hotmail.co.za with “Canterbury Tens” in the subject line.

We will do the draw early tomorrow morning, and the tickets will be handed over personally by the lovely Irene Scholz of Canterbury at the main entrance to the Tens … Easy peasy …

Canterbury teamwear …

The thrill of victory. The pain of defeat. The away day trips in the back of the team bus. The banter after the game. Plus a camaraderie forged from  the  season’s many  thrilling highs and gut-wrenching lows. These are things shared by teams up and down every country, in every corner of the world. It’s this shared passion and love of your chosen sport that inspires us to constantly challenge sporting boundaries, to help give you and your team the winning edge, by providing you with teamwear that can stand up to the toughest of extremes

For more information, news and downloads, visit: http://www.canterburysa.co.za or become a fan on Facebook. For trade enquiries contact Super-Brands on: 021 380 6360

And then the snippet if info that caught my eye this morning … SANZAR to trial new disciplinary rules during Super Rugby …

1     On-field Referee Referral to Citing Commissioner

• Instances where a referee thinks an act of foul play has occurred but is not sure if a red card is warranted, or is unsure of the identity of a player
• Where a player makes a complaint to a referee who did not see an incident
• Can be in addition to a yellow card or penalty
• Referred to the Citing Commissioner for review

2     Citing Commissioner issues an “Off-Field Yellow Card”

• Instances where a Citing Commissioner observes a serious act of foul play that is close to but not quite a red card
• The Off-field yellow card is logged on the player’s disciplinary record in the same manner as an On-Field yellow card

3      Duty Judicial Officer

• Performs an initial assessment of citings, red cards or three yellow cards
• Duty Judicial Officer may hold a brief teleconference with the player and/or his representative
• Determines whether or not to offer the player a preliminary indication of penalty
• May refer to a full judicial hearing
• The player must accept he committed an act of foul play to be offered an indication of penalty
• If player does not accept the indication of penalty the matter will be referred to full hearing

4    Judicial Hearings

• Where a full judicial hearing is required it will be held by videoconference or teleconference with ‘in-person’ hearings only taking place in exceptional circumstances
• Other processes for the hearing will be the same as previously

5     Appeals

• SANZAR has a right of appeal the outcome of a judicial hearing on the following grounds:
• Where there is substantial unfairness, or the penalty imposed on a player is clearly excessive or inadequate
• Where there has been a fundamental error by the Judicial Officer in reaching his decision
• Normal rights of Appeal apply for players

The new system will come into operation when the Super Rugby tournament kicks off on February 24.