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Late Tackle: A few seconds with Egon

Super Rugby referee Egon Seconds jumps onto the couch and brings some unique insight into all things refereeing while bringing some humour to the panel.

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Howie Kahn, Anton ‘Worms’ van Zyl and Morgan Newman get the show underway with a recap of the penultimate Super Rugby round-robin matches before digging their teeth into the Newlands Stadium sage.

The panel shares their thoughts on the Super Rugby conference system before Morgan Newman makes a massive statement about the state of Western Province Rugby at 10:09.

Seconds turns on the humour from the second he gets on the couch and chats about his remarkable rise as a professional referee two minutes later before throwing in his two cents around the Stormers’ potential move to the Cape Town Stadium.

The banter was always going to lead to Seconds’ now-famous hairstyle during his playing days before he opens up about the tough task he had around adjusting from being a player to an official.

The discussion then went into serious mode as Newman questioned Seconds about the refereeing of certain aspects of the game and what exactly the protocol is about making those decisions.

Seconds then provides some insight into how referees are reviewed and analysed before the panel lures him into speaking about policing the breakdown.

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The show concludes by looking at the final round of Super Rugby action and the various permutations that could change the final standings ahead of the playoffs.

Never miss an episode of Late Tackle – the talk show with a difference, which brings in various personalities from all over the rugby world each week to dissect hot topics and provide unique insight into the professional game – subscribe here on iTunes.

*Late Tackle promotes responsible drinking. Alcohol is not for sale to anyone under the age of 18.
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Nickers 37 minutes ago
Scott Robertson responds to criticism over All Blacks' handling errors

I thought we made a lot of progress against that type of defence by the WC last year. Lots of direct running and punching holes rather than using width. Against that type of defence I think you have to be looking to kick on first phase when you have front foot ball which we did relatively successfully. We are playing a lot of rugby behind the gain line at the moment. They are looking for those little interchanges for soft shoulders and fast ball or off loads but it regularly turns into them battering away with slow ball and going backwards, then putting in a very rushed kick under huge pressure.


JB brought that dimension when he first moved into 12 a couple of years ago but he's definitely not been at his best this year. I don't know if it is because he is being asked to play a narrow role, or carrying a niggle or two, but he does not look confident to me. He had that clean break on the weekend and stood there like he was a prop who found himself in open space and didn't know what to do with the ball. He is still a good first phase ball carrier though, they use him a lot off the line out to set up fast clean ball, but I don't think anyone is particularly clear on what they are supposed to do at that point. He was used really successfully as a second playmaker last year but I don't think he's been at that role once this year. He is a triple threat player but playing a very 1 dimensional role at the moment. He and Reiko have been absolutely rock solid on defence which is why I don't think there will be too much experimentation or changes there.

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