World Rugby can turn what they see as the biggest betrayal into the greatest advancement of their professional game, writes Mark_Keohane. IOLSport Rassie Springboks
There is something wrong with the system when a coach cannot get feedback from World Rugby’s head of referees or from the relevant Test match officials a day after a Test has been played. There is something wrong with the system when a referee, at the heart of the most contentious officiating in the biggest rugby series of the year, can dismiss a National Director of Rugby’s request to talk because he wants to enjoy a 5pm Sunday power nap.
matches all over the world. The same principles of scrutiny must apply to the referees as they do to professional players and coaches. World Rugby’s leadership, in the way they awarded the rights to World Cup hosts, and on so many other issues, needs a cleansing.
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