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Ridley wasn’t sucked into the vibe, says White
Cape Times
|April 07, 2025
IT’S not often that a rugby coach dishes out compliments to a referee, but that’s exactly what Bulls boss Jake White did following their 32-26 Challenge Cup last-16 victory over Bayonne in France on Saturday.
The Bulls scored four tries at the Stade Jean Dauger to advance to Saturday’s quarter-final against Edinburgh – who beat the Sharks 34-12 – in Scotland (3.30pm SA time start).
And while 31-year-old English referee Christophe Ridley handled out a yellow card to Bulls centre David Kriel after a high tackle on Bayonne wing Yan Mousques – which looked a bit worse than it was – White had no complaints.
“Referees get criticised so much, but I tell you what I really enjoyed today; that referee reflected like a ‘Test referee’,” the former Springbok coach said.
“He wasn’t sucked into any of the things that he could’ve been sucked into. It just went the way that when you’re on the field, you pick up the whole vibe. It’s very, very difficult and intimidating to referee foreign teams all the time and he did be clear-minded.
This story is from the April 07, 2025 edition of Cape Times.
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