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<blockquote data-quote="Cruz_del_Sur" data-source="post: 789120" data-attributes="member: 55747"><p>What language do most ref's use while officiating? </p><p>Is there ever a language barrier with players? </p><p></p><p>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. </p><p>Does happens in Belgium and Switzerland.</p><p></p><p>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. </p><p></p><p>Is this ever a problem or does the rugby community is overwhelmingly english speaking? </p><p>Thanks in advance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cruz_del_Sur, post: 789120, member: 55747"] 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. [/QUOTE]
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