Angus Gardner Inherits Bok-All Blacks Whistle After Amashukeli Illness

Angus Gardner Inherits Bok-All Blacks Whistle After Amashukeli Illness

[Image: Newsdesk] Cape Town’s Springbok weekend has picked up a late change in the one place nobody ever stops arguing about: the man with the whistle. World Rugby has confirmed that Angus Gardner will now referee Saturday’s second Test between South Africa and New Zealand at DHL Stadium, after Georgia’s Nika Amashukeli failed to recover from illness. Gardner, from Australia, had originally been down for the third Test in Johannesburg on 5 Septe…

Illness forces referee change for second test between All Blacks and Springboks in Cape Town

Nika Amashukeli has pulled out and been replaced for the Cape Town clash by Angus Gardner.

New ref for Cape Town Test

Georgian referee Nika Amashukeli has been ruled out of the second Test between the Springboks and All Blacks at Cape Town Stadium. World Rugby confirmed on Thursday that Amashukeli has not recovered from illness and will be replaced by Australian Angus Gardner for Saturday’s clash. Gardner had originally been appointed to referee the third Test of the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series at FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on 5 September. England’s Karl D…

Referee change for RGR second Test as Nika Amashukeli pulled

There's a late change to the original referee appointment for the second Test of the the Rugby's Greatest Rivalry series in South Africa.