TMOs set to receive additional powers at Currie Cup

Television Match Officials (TMOs) might be granted additional powers on a trial basis in this year’s Currie Cup if South African referees' boss Andre Watson is successful in pushing through his current proposal.

If the experiment goes ahead it will be closely monitored by teams and officials in the Northern Hemisphere as the new powers could make their way into the global game in a similar way to the IRB’s approval of ten of the Experimental Law Variations (ELVs) trialled in 2008.