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What language do most ref's use while officiating?
Is there ever a language barrier with players?
Might sound a bit silly, but sometimes it's hard for me to empathise with the idea of having more than one official language in a country and being unable to communicate with a countryman.
Does happens in Belgium and Switzerland.
I expect most refs to work in english or afrikaans, but a 2 min google search showed me that about 30% of the people actually speak english and a little over 10% speak afrikaans, which might prove complicated.
Is this ever a problem or does the rugby community is overwhelmingly english speaking?
Thanks in advance.
Is there ever a language barrier with players?
Might sound a bit silly, but sometimes it's hard for me to empathise with the idea of having more than one official language in a country and being unable to communicate with a countryman.
Does happens in Belgium and Switzerland.
I expect most refs to work in english or afrikaans, but a 2 min google search showed me that about 30% of the people actually speak english and a little over 10% speak afrikaans, which might prove complicated.
Is this ever a problem or does the rugby community is overwhelmingly english speaking?
Thanks in advance.