Recently retired top South African referee Jaco Peyper is aiming to build a culture of respect towards referees in the Springboks and South African rugby as a whole going forward.
Peyper, who retired earlier this year , was appointed by the Boks in a new position this year, as the Laws and Discipline advisor, was speaking to the media in Pretoria on Monday, where he explained what his main job was.
For me it is still a developing science (his position). The first brief is something we started last year during the World Cup campaign when I spent a bit of time with the team, explained Peyper.
The coaching staff asked me what they can fix and I said we have to build respect around refereeing in this country, and not just in the team.
We need more referees and we need people to serve the game. So we have to create a different environment. So thats the first part of the brief, to create that environment within the team.
