11.   Snr Sgt. Max Jones, the Bay of Plenty Police rugby chairman, blamed the referee for causing most of the problem.

12.   The coach of a Philippine amateur basketball team that got into a brawl during a game in Taiwan blamed the referees Friday for the violence.

13.   The Germans blamed Norwegian referee Rune Pedersen of Norway for their defeat.

14.   He blamed referee Bo Karlsson for allowing the Nigerians to get away with it.

15.   Hiddink said it was too easy to blame the referee.

16.   Afterwards, Lakers coach Phil Jackson blamed the referees for the melee.

17.   Featherstone blamed the referee for giving the draw to India after the Indians were given a short corner that Anil Aldrin converted four minutes from the end.

18.   South Korean coach Guus Hiddink said the big footballing nations should not blame the referees for defeat to the underdogs.