THE switch will be flicked on the rugby video referee as the Super 12 rugby series kicks off in New Zealand on Friday night. The video referee will make his rugby debut when Steve Walsh senior adjudicates all three Super 12 matches in New Zealand this weekend, starting with Jonah Lomu’s Wellington Hurricanes against the Sharks in Wellington. Strict guidelines will control what the video referee rules on, with only the correct grounding of the ball over the try-line to be under scrutiny. Nothing that happens in the field of play will be ruled on by the video referee – or television match official as he is referred to in the Super 12.