Peter Bills believes that the refereeing of the November Tests will go a long way to deciding the future of the game in The Irish Independent.
"The future of rugby union worldwide as a game worth playing and watching rests in the hands of a group of spindly men in funny-coloured shirts with a large whistle stuffed into their tonsils.
"Like 'em or loathe 'em, referees hold the key to whether this game is going to slip back to the sort of slow, dreary stalemate of the past in which cheating was endemic, or flourish in the style New Zealand produced in this year's Tri Nations.
"We are privileged; we have seen the future of what could again be an absolutely magnificent game. It was demonstrated primarily in New Zealand's early matches in the Tri Nations and it was devastating rugby, played at high pace with skills to match."
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