Venters frustrations to land him in hot water

It is still very cold in the United Kingdom at the moment although the last thing you would want is hot water splashed over you to keep you warm.

Brendan Venter, the Saracens Rugby teams Director of Rugby, was speaking directly after his teams narrow loss to the Leicester Tigers on Saturday 2nd January of this New Year. There was certainly no good will on Venters part as he totally attacked the performance of the games referee David Rose where it was also suggested that results depended on refereeing decisions rather than the quality of the teams playing. He also suggested that rugby had become a “lottery” and that David Rose had possibly been influenced at half time.

Since the end of “Bloodgate” it seemed that English Rugby and in particular the Guiness Premiership had put nasty issues to bed but with the latest outburst from a director of rugby where little respect was shown to the match official it does look as though English rugby still has much room for improvement off the field.

RFU Elite Director and ex England fly half Rob Andrew was very unhappy with Ventors comments and said.

“We would like to say in the strongest terms that the RFU believes Mr Venter’s comments to be unfounded.

“We have one of the most advanced elite refereeing development programmes in world rugby and a number of our referees are on international panels at all levels.

“If there are concerns to be expressed then we have existing, and tried and tested, channels for doing so. However we believe there is a wider issue here.

“Respect is one of rugby’s core values which underpin our sport and that must include respect for the match officials at all times. We cannot go down the route where senior figures in the game do not demonstrate that respect.

“It is part of all of our professional responsibilities, including those of directors of rugby, to be positive role models for our clubs, players and supporters.”

One can safely agree that respect remains the core at the heart of Worldwide rugby and something that should not go the way of football with public outbursts after games. A swift and decisive action is required to make sure these outbursts stay private and made within the correct legal channels provided.

The Saracens are still in first place despite losing their last two games and remain second favourites behind the Leicester Tigers according to the best online bookmakers.

Ben Carso is a freelance article writer currently working on the best online casinos.

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