Rugby Australia chief executive Phil Waugh says he’d be happy for a New Zealander to referee a Bledisloe Cup game at Eden Park to ensure the best standard of officiating following a winter of Wallabies matches marred by refereeing controversies.

The Wallabies and All Blacks meet in a second clash in Perth on Saturday, but the Bledisloe Cup has already been retained by the Kiwis , after a Kiwi victory last weekend in Auckland that included some contentious calls from Italian referee Andrea Piardi.

Piardi was also at the centre of controversy at the end of the second Test of the British and Irish Lions series in July, where a last-minute clean out on Carlo Tizzano’s neck was ruled legal, allowing a series-winning Lions try to stand.

The refereeing of England’s Christophe Ridley in the

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