Referees' watchers and coaches
SA referees has made known its committees which assess, coach and select referees for 2009. Amongst those on panels are eight with Test experience.
Performance Reviewers are those who look to every detail of a referee's performance in a match. If the referee misses something they will note it down in detail - time, player, incident.
Match Reviewers look at the overall performance of a referee in a match and will give him a percentage.
Both produce reports which are sent to the referee who will also receive a recording of the match.
If the referee disagrees with anything in a report he can appeal and the matter is then looked at by an Auditor.
Selectors
Arrie Schoonwinkel (convener), Tappe Henning (Selector – Coach), Theuns Naudé (Selector - Coach), Neville Heilbron (ex officio), Eugene Daniels, Thuso Mngqibisa, Banks Yantolo, André Watson (ex officio)
Assessors
Match Reviewers
All selectors, Dennis Immelman, Jacques Hugo, Hulet Billett, Lusanda Menze, Dries Breytenbach, Allan O’ Connell
National Panel of Performance Reviewers
Keith Hendricks (convener), Gerrit Coetzer, Pierre Oelofse
Provincial Panel Performance Reviewers
Richard Nash, Schalk van der Merwe, Theuns Janse van Vuuren, Lieb Liebenberg, Anton Cook
Coaches
SARU National Coaches
Tappe Henning, Theuns Naudé, Neville Heilbron and five who are on trial - Jacques Hugo, François van Biljon, Hendrik Greyvenstein, Shaun Veldsman, Hulet Billett
SARU Regional Coaches
Eugene de Villiers, Kat Swanepoel, Mandla Dakuse, Burton Hufkie, Peet Labuschagne, Anton Nel, Dries Breytenbach, Nolan Arends
Provincial Coaches
Jan Pienaar, Jannie Rossouw, Albert Mocke, Philip du Toit, Frikkie Norman, Abe Steenberg
Auditors
Frans Muller, Richard Nash
NB: Referee Managers not considered because of their multiply disciplined tasks, but may be called upon from time to time.