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League On The Move
Guests from the South African Rugby League are visiting the UK on a fact finding mission to help develop the sport in the Republic.
Rudolph du Plooy and Frans van der Merwe addressed the Warrington Referees Society and give an insight into refereeing and Rugby League in South Africa.
They spoke about the challenges, opportunities and success of the rapidly growing sport in the country and answered a variety of intriguing questions from the Warrington referees.
Both Frans and Rudolph are visiting the UK to help improve the referees and the structures in South Africa which included the trip to visit local community referees and a Match Officials training weekend in London.
Frans van der Merwe, who’s the South African RL Referees chairman, said: “We hope during the two weeks we are in the UK that we can take away as much information to aid our own development and visiting Warrington has provided us with some great ideas to take back.
“They are a fantastic group of people and I hope to see them progress to top matches in the future.”
The South Africa Rhinos will compete in the Rugby League World Cup Atlantic Zone qualifying series against the USA Tomahawks and Jamaica in October. The qualifiers will be held in Philadelphia.
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