Rugby's flaws are too numerous to list, but far and away the most damning is the oppressive influence of referees according to Steve Deane in the New Zealand Herald.
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Is the game sufffering for a lack of top quality referees like Jonathan Kaplan?
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"Rest easy. Rugby isn't in crisis at all. Forget about the inter-hemisphere squabble over the rules, spectators deserting the game in droves and unions going broke.
"According to Robbie Deans, a man widely regarded as possessing one of the game's better functioning swedes, rugby is, in fact, on the verge of becoming "perfect". All that is needed is one last tweak of the rules to tidy up the breakdown.
"...The ELVs issue will finally be put to bed next month. Let's hope some of the effort that has been expended fiddling with the rules is now invested in producing people who can implement them.
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