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If it had been a boxing contest, it would have been stopped to prevent further punishment. The triumph of the South Africa director of rugby Rassie Erasmus was not only over the British and Irish Lions, but over World Rugby in the build-up to the second Test at Cape Town.
There is no other governing body in professional sport which would have given Erasmus such license to criticise its officials and not issue immediate sanction.
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REBECCA WELCH can follow in the footsteps of other officials from football’s north-east hot-bed and make it right to the top, says former referees chief Keith Hackett.
Welch, from Washington, County Durham, made history on Monday when becoming the first woman to be appointed to referee a game in the English Football League (EFL).
The 37-year-old has received universal praise for her debut EFL performance in Harrogate’s 2-0 home defeat to League Two rivals Port Vale.
“She’s from the north-east, an area that has always produced top-class referees,” Hackett said.
“It’s a football hot-bed, but it’s also tough and I think that actually helps to develop top referees Mark Clattenburg, Pat Partridge, Peter Willis, George Courtney, they all come to mind.