O'Driscoll: Change refs not the rules

Hong Kong - Irish great Brian O'Driscoll said on Thursday that it was officiating and not the laws of the game that needed to change to ensure a spectacle of scintillating rugby at this year's Rugby World Cup in England.

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen had said last week that defence was dominating and warned the 15-a-side game risked becoming "boring" unless a rulebook running to more than 200 pages was culled and de-mystified.

But O'Driscoll, who retired last year after a record 141 Test caps - 133 for Ireland and eight for the British and Irish Lions - disagreed.