Sarries boss calls for consistency

Saracens boss Brendan Venter has pleaded with rugby’s global authorities to seize the new international directives on refereeing and let the game flourish.

South African Venter, director of rugby at Saracens, made his views known as teams from across Europe prepare for the new Heineken Cup campaign, which starts in two weeks and will see officials from different countries applying the laws in their own way.