Rugby can't pretend that the old ways are suitable any more, given the extraordinary events of the last two weeks. If match officials are staying in the same hotel as one of the teams, it creates needlessly compromised situations. Referee Romain Poite and his assistants Jaco Peyper and Frederico Anselmi were staying at the same Wellington hotel as the All Blacks. It's understood the meeting was impromptu - a case of Peyper seeing the All Blacks' management by chance and asking to chat. World Rugby appoints referees for Rugby Championship games and then it is up to the host national union to accommodate them.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 30, 2016 16:52 UTC