Hurricane Captain Brad Shields worries about how "incoherent" TMO interceptions can be

Referees are one thing. Captains can see them, talk to them and try to establish a working relationship.

Only, more and more, the referee is not the only referee. At the top of the stands, a television match official (TMO) also sits, unknown or not, with the exception of the referee and his assistants.

They are harder to face for Super Rugby skippers

"I can not say that I have Hurricanes captain Brad Shields said before the Friday clash with the Chiefs in Hamilton

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Despite the potential for them to have as much impact on a game as the man in the middle.

"The thing of which I am aware is the consistency and some games, they have a little more input than the other games. "It obviously depends on the staff," said Shields.

"But as long as it's consistent and it works both ways and it's consistent throughout every game, then I do not have a problem with that." for the moment, it seems a little inconsistent and you're not really sure what will be verified

"But, as the referees told us before the match, they watched them all the images and have made sure that everything goes on behind the scenes, so, if we have seen it, then someone else is obliged to have seen it. "

The goal of each team is to play well enough that a call on the field, or on the floor, can not affect the outcome.

For the Hurricanes, give a rap This year's Super Rugby title will require a semifinal and a final away from home, so why not start with this last round robin at FMG Stadium.

It is no coincidence that the four defeats that they suffered this year, in Pretoria, Christchurch, Dunedin and Canberra, Wellington

"It was a funny period, because it was obviously when AB came and went [from All Blacks camps] and then we had the break [June] and then we had this game of Brumbies, "said Shields, the successive defeats of crusaders, highlanders and brumbies

" From the point from the team, I do not think we ever lost the belief that we had still the team to do it. we were not working as hard as we wanted, we were not quite playing the style we wanted, and you can take some mental shock.

"We came together as leaders and we came together as a group and talked through solutions, as you saw last week [in beating the Blues] there was a clear Improvement in the way we play

"We just need to keep realizing that we have a good team and that we will not become a bad team just with some losses: get off at Dunedin and get off at Christchurch, it's going to be a little bit harder, we just have to find this advantage when we leave and [work out] how can we win in these places and how can we get good performances when we are not at home. "

With hurricanes still likely to host the Chiefs in the quarter-finals next week, winning at Hamilton is not critical in that sense." But the time has come to show that they are not gentle touches on the road.

IN BRIEF

What: Teams of Chiefs and Hurricanes meet in Hamilton on Friday

Chiefs: Solomon Alaimalo, Toni Pulu, Anton Lienert-Brown, Charlie Ngatai (c), Shaun Stevenson, Marty McKenzie, Brad Weber, Jesse Parete, Mitch Karpik, Lachlan Boshier, Tyler Ardron, Brodie Retallick, Angus Ta & Avao, Liam Polwart, Sam Prattley Reserves: Samisoni Taukei & aho, Karl Tu & Inukuafe, Jeff Thwaites, Michael Allardice, Liam Messam, Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi, Tiaan Hawk, Johnny Fa & Auli

Hurricanes: Jordie Barrett, Nehe Milner-Skudder, Wes Goosen, Ngani Laumape, Ben Lam, Beauden Barrett, T J Perenara, Blade Thomson, Sam Henwood, Brad Shields (c), Sam Lousi, Michael Fatialofa, Jeff Too-Allen, Ricky Riccitelli, Toby Smith. Reserves: James O'Reilly, Chris Eves, May Ben, Gareth Evans, Reed Prinsep, Christie Finlay, Ihaia West, Julian Savea.

– Tips and Tricks