hey lets introduce another ref so the all blacks can start winning again. well done wayne smith...i thought it was the coaches and players job to make the all blacks win. Next he'll be asking if the all blacks can play with 16 players so that his backline can outnumber the oppositions. Nice one wayne! Rather than asking for handouts, why don't you just try fronting up.

I'm not sure about 2 ref's in union - on the whole it has worked in league this year although I guess there has been some teething issues with but it has made a much faster game. It's got to be better than going to the video ref's all the time.

As for JD - isn't it time he gave up bagging Donald - what does this article even have to do with Donald???? Considering the amount of time you spend on stuff bagging him, i am starting to think you are a dole bludger with nothing better to do.

Give these senile northern hemisphere refs the boot and stick with ones that play our game down here and put a memo out for the AR's to inform more on off-side but keep their noses out of everything else.

If you didn't talk so much BS about most things JD then your rare moments of sense would probably get a better response.

Why not just rename the game Rugby League. Do away with lineouts, that would suit the All Blacks, to have scrums rather than their pathetic Lineout. It would be like NRL, more corrupt officials.

Geez you are an angry little man JD, calm down dude!! Every day you are always on hear first thing making some ridiculous comment. Im sick of you bagging Donald, get over it!!

The refs are worse than a joke!! They are ignoring the offside rule with the kick and chase(pick any game u want and keep you eye on the chasers when the ball goes up), they are killing the ruck, they want to kill the cleanout -- in general, they appear to be under the impression that people turn up at these games to watch them pontificate!! And that old rugby adage about how people don't mind a ref who's bad as long as the ref is consistently bad makes no sense anymore -- if a ref is consistently bad then he's incompetent and should be demoted to fourth grade club rugby until he sorts himself out!! Of course, asking Paddy O'Brien to sort this problem out is an exercise in futility!!

When are the '2nd' and '3rd' refs already on the field going to do a DECENT job and start calling offsides AND forward passes. Pardon my wrath, but I am fed up watching refs/linesman that blow the pea out off the whistle on some things and miss the bleedin' obvious !!!!

Don't the touchies need to be in position to see where the ball goes out from a kick? I don't know if it's possible for them to be in position also to watch the offsides. I don't see the harm in trialing a 2nd ref on the park.

Watch American Football to see how a truly professional game is refereed. With 22 players on the field there are 5 onfield referees. Each has a role, one of them is in charge.

A typical rugby test has more refereeing controversy than an entire NFL season.

Phil showing his math skill. Well done Phil. So we are up to round 21, the comments from Smith and Campese were posted on the 8th of June and yet somehow you think that makes it the 3rd round. Hmmm, im thinking maybe more like round 13? Sorry Phil, NCEA let you down BIG time.