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	Podcast:		Checkpoint
	Episode:		Fewer people putting hands up to referee as abuse escalates
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:05:45
	Publish Date:		2025-06-26 04:26:00
	Description:		The head of a provincial referees assocation has said fewer people are putting their hands up to referee, with side line abuse escalating. Horowhenua Kapiti Rugby Football Union has cancelled all club and college games this weekend after a referee officiating a college match "was subjected to serious verbal abuse and physical intimidation". The union earlier this year warned it would consider cancelling games after someone threatened to stab a referee. Referee in Horewhenua Kapiti and secretary for Horowhenua-Kapiti Rugby Referees Association Quentin Hathaway spoke to Lisa Owen.
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