New Zealand Rugby introduced measures to encourage more positive behaviour from fans at the Bledisloe Cup opener at Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium on Saturday night. Messages on the big screen asked stadium-goers to 'please respect the kicker' as they lined up their conversion and penalty kicks. — Rhys Chamberlain (@NZChambo) August 26, 2017But with the Wallabies dotting down after 20 seconds into the match, fans were perhaps too stunned to react. Stuff's platform was to encourage rugby fans to be vocal supporters of their team, but still be respectful of the opposition players and referees. New Zealand Rugby chief strategy and operations manager, Nigel Cass, was only expecting "incremental changes" as the measures continued through the Rugby Championship.

Source: Stuff August 26, 2017 19:19 UTC