Sponsored Nonsense

I hadn’t a clue how to describe a farce we survived 

while watching Los Pumas grappling with the ‘Men 

in Black’ - er that is the NZ All Blacks, in the game 

played in Buenos Aires yesterday; commentary is 

confused by dubiety when Referee - Jaco Peyper, 

makes a serial of penalty decisions favouring Los 

Pumas late in th’ second half all instigated by Line 

Umpire Stuart Berry’s addled advice on who he

Sees committing sins & just where on th’ paddock, 

all as if a second opinion wasn’t needed, although 

the TMO, Johan Greeff, came to the party to show 

his confusion wasn’t caused by being up on stage 

with sweaty, over-excited players - and disabused 

of commonsense he agreed with each accusation 

The other Line Umpire sat on the fence - his name 

was Marius van der Westhuizen - unlike his SARU 

colleagues he saw the same game pretty much as 

we did although he’s also SARU - which probably

explains th’ commentators confusion attempting to 

understand its arrant SARU-sponsored nonsense 

© 2 October 2016, I. D. Carswell 

For the record: All Blacks 36 - Pumas 17

SARU: South Africa Rugby Union