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Try calls and penalty try calls are the most significant that a referee can make. There were 3 incidents in week 4 of the Super 14 that the referees might have gotten wrong. 1. Matthewson try (that shouldn’t) Crusaders v Blues Blues halfback Albie Matthewson was awarded a try after breaking through a ruck. Matthewson [...]

The wallabies started very well but they were always going to need the close calls to go their way if they were going to remain in the hunt against the home side in great form. But the close calls did not go their way. Referee Allain Rolland was particularly aggressive at ruck time, giving the [...]

Tony Smith from the Christchurch Press reckons rugby should experiment with 2 referees immediately. It’s working for Rugby League in Australia and it could help with the scrums in union, especially if one of them were a former front-rower as Smith recommends. It’s unlikely player-convert Glen Jackson will be able to help in that facet [...]

Irish referee, George Clancy gave 4 penalties against Italy at scrum time on their own put in. There was another highly questionable penalty call against the Italians at a ruck penalty call against them on the 25 minute mark, which resulted in 3 points to the All Blacks, taking the margin to 13. Even the [...]

NZ Referee Lyndon Bray Originally uploaded by RugbyHair A blast from the past for New Zealand referee administrator, Lyndon Bray. Pictured here as a linesman for an NPC game early in his career (c. 1994). Unfortunately Lyndon woud proceed to lose most of his hair, robbing the rugby world of expressions of style like the [...]

The Irish met the physical challenge of New Zealand right from the start of this match. Their large pack and powerful scrum were a handful for the kiwis. It was unfortunate that the a yellow card was the definitive turning point in an exciting encounter. The New Zealand fullback was sin-binned in the first half [...]