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When will New Zealand league fans stop expecting a fair go? – Paul Lewis

OPINION: A World Cup for all nations? Not if you looked at the officials.
When will New Zealand league fans stop expecting a fair go? – Paul Lewis

Contributing Sports Writer·NZ Herald·

16 Oct, 2026 12:00 AM5 mins to read

Paul Lewis writes about rugby, cricket, league, football, yachting, golf, the Olympics and Commonwealth Games.

When will New Zealand rugby league fans learn that the dice are stacked against them in the NRL and – it appears – in the Rugby League World Cup?

Hard on the heels of the loony tunes decisions that saw the Warriors bundled out of the came a ruling in the Kiwis-Kangaroos test that immediately brought to mind the words of Warriors coach Andrew Webster after that Knights game: “They were trying to find ways to take it off us.”

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