I was at the game and while the complaints about the referee were certainly evident around me (and online), I really couldn't see a problem with it.
Australia got penalised heavily in the first half when we were constantly under pressure and most of those had to happen, particularly with our ball at the breakdown. They were all pretty clear.
There were several dumb penalties Australia gave away which I can't see any issue with (Kellaway obstructing after the cross field kick, Slipper (I think) picking the ball up from an offside position).
I can't really see a way that the Wallabies could have been penalised less given the way they played.
Sorry I can't help myself replying to this.
Why do rugby supporters critize reffing?
1 Refs are human and can make mistake.
2 Rugby have grey areas and two different opinions can both be right.
3 Reffing is like people's personalities. You,ll never get two persons or two animals that have the same character and refs deciding the same.
So fuck ja, they make mistakes.
The South African players have a huge advantage since playing in the URC. It took our teams half a season to adapt to NH conditions and refs.
Example Adamson is totally different to Berry or to the NZ refs.
So fuck ja iso critizise the ref, what about the professional players adopting to the way the ref reacts or ref? Want to tell me they don't study them?
Just get a grip and critizise when your team lost or blame the stupid players.