KEY POINTS:
All Blacks coach Graham Henry agrees with US coach Peter Thorburn that the touch judges were de-powered at the Rugby World Cup.
International Rugby Board referees boss Paddy O'Brien rubbished Thorburn's claims that a pre-tournament meeting specifically told them not to interfere too much.
Henry, talking to media upon arrival in New Zealand today, says they did have less power, but not to the extent they could not call the suspected forward pass in the All Blacks quarter final.
He says they were de-powered, but they were just asked not to keep on interfering all the time.
However, Henry says a blatant forward pass should still be called by a touch judge.
Henry is still refusing to comment on whether he will try to keep his job. Henry says at this stage, he does not know what his future holds.
Meanwhile Assistant coach Steve Hansen says they do not want to keep answering questions on the forward pass though, because they are trying to take the defeat with humility.
- NEWSTALK ZB
