Referees need more help, says diplomatic Hansen
His call comes in the wake of Saturday’s controversial call by French official Romaine Poite to downgrade a penalty against the British & Irish Lions for a deliberate offside to an accidental offside. The decision denied New Zealand the chance to kick the potentially match and series-winning points with two minutes remaining of the third and final Test against the Lions.
Instead of the kick, the All Blacks were awarded a scrum and the Lions held out for a 15-15 draw which levelled the series, the first time the tourists have shared the spoils since a four-Test series with South Africa in 1955.
