Sometimes it is hard to fathom why decisions are made when there is a significant scope to score an own goal, so to speak, a thought that occurred on learning that Marius Jonker was appointed the television match official for the Sharks United Rugby Championship (URC) game against Leinster in Durban.
Jonker’s 22-year-old son Rynhardt -– he did not play against the Irish province – is a promising player at the Sharks so while that relationship would not preclude the former referee from being able to competently discharge his TMO duties, it does encourage a more forensic examination of all his decisions. Why would the URC put him in a firing line, so to speak?
There were several moments which Jonker might like to have again following the Leinster match but the one that stands out was his decision to intervene following replacement scrumhal …
- April 25, 2022
