SOUTH AFRICAN REFEREE Stuart Berry has been appointed to take charge of Saturday’s Pro14 final between Leinster and Scarlets at the Aviva Stadium [KO 6pm], it has been announced.
The 35-year-old, who became the first SARU referee to officiate a Pro14 knockout fixture for last weekend’s semi-final between Leinster and Munster, will lead a team of neutral officials for the 2018 decider.
Berry, who has been the man in the middle for 11 international Tests, will be assisted by Marius Mitrea of Italy and Scotland’s Mike Adamson, while Neil Paterson will serve as the Television Match Official.
“These appointments are a significant step for the Guinness Pro14 in that we can balance the need for neutral officials with capability for our showpiece game,” Greg Garner, the Pro14′s elite referee manager, said.
Berry has refereed 13 games in the Pro14 this season and as well as bringing international experience to the league, he has also officiated in Super Rugby.
Jurie Roux, CEO of SA Rugby, added: “We are immensely proud of Stuart and we know he will represent South Africa with aplomb in Dublin on Saturday. His appointment to the final of the Pro14 is well-deserved and we believe it underlines the fact that our entry into this exciting competition in the northern hemisphere had been a great success.”
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Not a lot after tearing my rotator cuff and requiring surgery
Dumbbell presses from now on !
Ouch – Sorry to hear that. Best of luck with your recovery Apu
I would have put the humble Pull-Up or HSPU above this exercise
I wouldn’t argue really, almost all the people I train do pull-ups (or train to master them), fewer do flat bench presses! There is no one exercise variation that everyone HAS to do after all. Exercise selection is an entirely individual prescription and the programming should incorporate upper body vertical & horizontal pushing & pulling to meet the needs of the individual. Benching is just a popular choice for many and I’d love to see more people understand the movement and execute it better, safer and get more from their training as a result
Point 3 and 4 are so important and often left out in articles about benching. Nice job. Kieran do you not think that having your elbows aligned under the bar puts huge pressure on the rotator cuff? Would you think elbows in towards your waist and arms out in a V would be less damaging?
Thanks Gary – This is going to come down to individual anthropometrics (limb length, leverages, clavicle width, grip width, the line of the bar, individual strengths/weaknesses and so on). Whatever the case may be there should be a concerted effort to perform the movement in as safe and controlled a manner so as to avoid damaging the shoulder girdle etc.
Bench press is my Elenor… (gone in sixty seconds reference) just can not get past 70kg…..
Come train with me and I’ll see if there’s a way to help you break through your plateau
Squat…. That is the real leveller.
Agree 100% @kjholt…. there’s something that standing under 600lbs teaches you that nothing else can.
Next article perhaps?
Looking forward to reading it..
Just to add….
The *bar itself* weighs 20KG …. so when you progress from dumbells (like I did) then you need to remember that, though you could press 60kg of dumbells (like I could), you *cannot* necessarily bench 80kg (like I couldn’t), and that this realisation may result in momentary terror.
;)
Any tips to master a pull up?? I bench a reasonable weight but struggle badly when it comes to pull ups!
Can you tell me how my Bench Press form looks ? https://youtu.be/bPE_r9bdjWA
Great article,bench press broken down to perfection..
Wenger benches the treble every year.