Why do local rugby derbies have neutral refs?

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25th February, 2011

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25th February, 2011

I’m not intentionally going for the record shortest post on The Roar, but my question is so simple and the answer so obvious, I thought I would ask it anyway. So Roarers in Roarland …

Why do local derbies in the Super Rugby have neutral refs?

Local derbies meaning, for example, two Aussie teams being refereed by either a South African or New Zealand ref – they being the neutrals.

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