Aussies win then

Apart from making the game look bent, What sort of message dose it send to potential referees unless you happen to be Australian?. If the great Australian NRL refs are so bl**dy good a standard then why dont they have New Zealand, PNG & other south sea refs in thier competition, there would be no problem then. Super league has a French ref(& should have another one plus a Welshman) I blame the other Countrys for bending over backwards to accomodate the Aussies, it was just the oposite in cricket they were the ones who screamed to get neutral umpires.

About 20 years ago the RFL's David Oxley said....

[iAustralians have no interest in the international game. They would much prefer to be left alone to play with themselves...........and we all know what people who prefer to do that are called............[/i

I think that sums it up nicely.

Actually it was Ashley Klein who refereed the final. Ganson was the Video Ref.

I agree with everything everyone has said though; Archer getting this gig is an absolute joke and it makes International Rugby League a shambles!!!

Quel surprise.

We should re-work that old Spitting Image song about South Africans.....

Oooooooooooooooooh i've never meet a FAIR Australian!

I am sorry, you are right. Ganson was the video ref and gave NZ a penalty try towards the end of the game and it was for that reason the Aussies got the hump with Ganson.

I found the highlights here and it is telling to notice that the Gould & Sterling do think it should be a penalty try!

[urlhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6SA59d_z5g[/url

They are just bloody whingers when it comes to ref's. Silverwood is far better ref than Archer and is neutral, this should be a no brainer!

NRL ref for NRL final. What's the problem? If we had a SL ref we would have 26 players on the pitch playing to a different rhythm, which would be worse for NZ than an Ozzie ref.

I'm in shock. No, honest I am.

They've been pulling this stunt for years and decades, why do out RFL allow them to get away with it?
When they decide the fixtures and venues they should name the ref and VR.
As for the semis and final then name three refs ensuring a neutral gets the game.
It's the RFL who need to get it sorted.
If the RLIF go for this rubbish in the 2013 World Cup and we have an Aussie ref in charge of a final in which the Aussies are competing they will make Rugby League look very poor with the sporting public here in the UK.

australia & archer are gonna dick NZ ...lmao

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