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Rugby: Five things we don't want to see in 2013

With the 2013 Super 15 season fast approaching it's hard not to get excited at the prospect of another year of top-class rugby.

If the 2012 season was anything to go by, it will be another year of entertaining rugby, which can't be anything but good.

But amongst all this, there were just a few dampers on last year's competition. To try to clean up these issues, here are five things ODT rugby contributor Jeff Cheshire doesn't want to see in 2013.

Inconsistencies policing breakdown

This one is infuriating for players, coaches and fans alike. The breakdown is a complex area of the game as it is, but the way it is policed at times makes it near impossible to know what is legal in the eyes of the referee.

Of course there are always going to be things missed, that's inevitable. But what made the breakdown so frustrating last year was the number of obvious offences missed, particularly when you look at the number of obscure offences penalised. It became ridiculous how often this was happening, and it decided games.