It turns out that The Sharks HAVE only won one of their last five matches officiated under Marshall. I believe the simple fact is this. That is not to say the referees are never wrong. Of course they make mistakes sometimes. But with the advent of numerous camera angles and much better overall coverage of matches, mistakes are far more likely to be shown up these days.
Referees are on the brink of becoming fully paid professionals in their sport.
He would be a very stupid man if he did. Tappe Henning, Jonathan Kaplan, Andr Watson, Mark Lawrence and Andy Turner were all deemed good enough by the world's governing body to officiate in matches and, unless something untoward happens, will be seen at the next World Cup in 2003. So you see, I think it is fair to say we can simply put it down to Aussie whingeing and a lack of sportsmanship on the part of big Kearnsy. Every team probably feels they have a gripe against some ref or other. But that is sport.