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Legendary Owens wary of rugby’s ‘over-reliance’ on technology and ‘knee-jerk’ laws

Nigel Owens, seen here in 2019 officiating, believes rugby might be too reliable on technology currently. (Charly Triballeau/AFP)

Nigel Owens, seen here in 2019 officiating, believes rugby might be too reliable on technology currently. (Charly Triballeau/AFP)

As a current member of the URC’s referees’ selection panel, Nigel Owens is still far too close to the action to not be open-minded to the realities of the modern game, but he believes the code now runs the risk of using too much technology .

Hot on the heels of World Rugby on Monday announcing that it was implementing a five-phase plan to “advance the rugby experience in a changing sports and entertainment environment”, which predominantly focuses on existing as well as experimental laws, the legendary Welsh arbitrator preaches caution on supplementing the policing of those rules digitally.

News24 has been reliably informed that the forum where the resolution was made – the world governing body’s Shape of the Game meeting two weeks ago – expressed concerns over dipping participation levels around the world.

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Golf Business News – Toro takes hybrid technology to the next level with upgraded Reelmaster 5010-H

New for this year, the industry’s first and only fairway mower with a true hybrid drive system, the Toro Reelmaster 5010-H, has been given a comprehensive upgrade.

Toro is always listening to its customers, and it turns out there are quite a few improvements made to this revolutionary mower based on R&D and customer feedback, all with the intention to enhance performance and provide better machine control.

Jon Cole, divisional business manager for Toro’s UK distributor Reesink Turfcare, says: “The technology of the 5010-H is proven beyond doubt since its launch in 2015 with the hybrid elements of the engine design particularly impressing customers. Therefore, what I think many will be happy to learn is that most of these advances relate to the hybrid technology.”

In brief, more electronic components have been added. Leading with the fact that the hydrostatic drive is now electronically controlled, and with this simple change, Toro has added its SmartPower system to automatically control mowing speed and optimize cutting performance.

In essence, what this technology does is monitor the engine’s RPM. Previously, the operator was responsible for controlling the machine’s speed when mowing long or wet grass or climbing a steep hill, now, the

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