Mark Reason, inThe Dominion Post argues that it's time for supporters to get off the referee's backs
"Ah, the silence of the lambs. All across New Zealand there was scarcely a bleat all weekend.
Even commentator Tony Johnson, a man whose giant one eye is seen as a delicacy in some countries, didn't stick his fork into the refs too often. Could this possibly be because the Blues and the Crusaders got the best of nearly every decision?
And yet just a few weeks earlier referee Stu Dickinson had been the subject of national phone-ins. The poor man was vilified. Sure, he made one big mistake early on in the game between the Crusaders and the Reds, but was that reason enough to serve an extradition order?
The Aussies and Kiwis call me and my countrymen 'whingeing Poms' and with good reason. But I am starting to think that the Brits are second division compared to the average Kiwi rugby fan. Even the 30 million sheep were drowned out by the sounds of the supporters' bleating after the last World Cup. "
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