Spectators streaming through turnstiles are comfortable in the knowledge they have the propensity to influence match officials, the opposition and even their own team into doing things they believe are warranted, albeit arguably justified.
Gamesmanship - as opposed to cheating - is becoming an integral part of the show. Boot homophobia, of course.
Cantankerous hordes cheer and jeer factions in combats where blood is spilled but no obituaries written after 80 minutes.
Home advantage demands one wears blinkers. The moans and groans remain, just the venues change as do occasionally some results.
I say give the masses a sense of collective empowerment to sway protagonists' decisions.
All Black coach Steve Hansen may well vent his spleen about TV replays alerting the 82,000-strong at Twickers who in turn persuaded referee Nigel Owens of possible infringements.
I said it when the ABs hosted the Pumas in Napier in September and I reiterate - the TV match official and the blokes running on the sidelines with flags are there to assist the whistle blower.
Did stopping the game to enable everyone, including those glued to TV in the Southern Hemisphere, to scrutinise facets of play rob the test of its soul?
No. In fact it fuelled excitement based on impending verdicts.
TMO Simon McDowell didn't think hooker Dane Coles' errant kick merited a yellow card.
Owens referred to the big screen for replays, consulted McDowell for a second opinion and disagreed with the TMO.
That's Owen's prerogative. The referee is where the buck stops and it did.
Did England fullback Mike Brown take out counterpart Israel Dagg in mid-air in the opening minutes?
Should Owen have re-checked the Aaron Cruden try to see if he pushed the ball forward to the line in a second movement?
Was re-checking to see if prop Charlie Faumuina's try was legit the right thing to do?
They are all examples of Owens' discretion and he exercised it whether the parties agreed with him or not.
Teams grumble when officials get it wrong but now Hansen wants coaches to be stakeholders in the process, too, when errors are "clear and obvious".
It sounds like skimming over the same spectrum of grey but on a different day.
You see, the playmakers seem to be in pursuit of perfection when in reality the essence of rugby lies in its imperfections.
Nothing is sadder then a flawless game of rugger that fails to evoke an emotion from the spectators.
For the record, Cruden's try was debatable but Owens didn't let the crowd dissuade him.
What disturbed me more was the public request to respect the kicker (Cruden) amid pin-drop silence during the conversion. You what?
Cruden missed. Would he have converted if the crowd was booing and jeering?
I think most probably yes because he would have harboured a steelier resolve.
That applies to the rendition of Swing Low Sweet Chariot during the haka. The crowd showed its appreciation with a rousing cheer of approval after the ABs finished.
Take a bow the IRB for its affirmation that match officials followed protocol in the test.
Talks of big-screen-feed censorship during the Rugby World Cup in England this time next year will rip out the soul of the tourney.
Any code should avoid passive entertainment that deprives fans of a sense of validation.
That does not mean aspects of the game that have a modicum of ambiguity should be deemed problematic.
Like cricket, grey areas, such as who's collapsing a scrum, lend to provocative discussions. The best game is one fans talk about for years, controversial or not.
In some respects, Hansen again showed he is a wily campaigner.
The attack on refs only detracts from yet another not-so-convincing ABs display on the road.
Poor kicks, spilled balls, missed tackles and unstable scrums cropped up in the 24-21 win to the tourists.
The game against a shadow England side is a good snapshot of how even accomplished footballers can err in a volatile environment.
Like Australia and France, a markedly different England will take the field during the World Cup. No doubt, England coach Stuart Lancaster will be much wiser for having exposed fresh talent.
Ireland beating the Springboks, Wales pushing the Wallabies and Scotland edging out the Pumas all contribute to a peaking interest in the cup.
The ABs' tour, though, will be more about tweaking to peak.
