Hansen: 'Rip up the rule book'
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All Black coach Steve Hansen called for Rugby Union to "rip up the rule book" and simplify its laws after a string of officiating blunders in the Rugby Championship.
Hansen was careful not to criticise referees themselves, but said the complexity of the rules they had to enforce made their job difficult.
"If I was allowed to do one thing in the game I'd rip the rule book up and I'd write another one and just put in the rules that are necessary," he told reporters ahead of New Zealand's Test against South Africa in Wellington this weekend.
"We've got so many.
If you read the rule …
Hansen was careful not to criticise referees themselves, but said the complexity of the rules they had to enforce made their job difficult.
"If I was allowed to do one thing in the game I'd rip the rule book up and I'd write another one and just put in the rules that are necessary," he told reporters ahead of New Zealand's Test against South Africa in Wellington this weekend.
"We've got so many.
If you read the rule …
