Whether the Lions requested their removal from the match roster for Saturday’s derby at Ellis Park isn’t clear.
SowetanLIVE has reliably been informed that Seconds‚ assistant referee Divan Uys and television match official Christie du Preez‚ who were all involved in highly contentious decisions in the match won by the Stormers‚ were supposed to do duty in the Lions’ match against the Bulls at Ellis Park on Saturday.Insiders in refereeing circles have revealed that the trio had been reassigned following last weekend’s match in the Cape Town which the Stormers won under controversial circumstances.
Seconds and Co’s redeployment to Durban means the match officials originally listed for that match under Kiwi referee Paul Williams‚ will now do duty at Ellis Park. Last season he came in for heavy criticism for this handling of Western Province’s narrow Currie Cup semi-final defeat of the Blue Bulls at Newlands.
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