Planet Rugby takes a dim view of Michael Hooper's call for World Rugby to pull Andrea Piardi from Wallabies fixtures, arguing the whole thing is a thinly veiled bias accusation dressed up as pastoral concern for the referee's mental health. The piece points out that Piardi's four yellow cards in Perth were largely correct — Suaalii's sin-binning was a misidentification by O'Keeffe, not Piardi — and that Australia's ill-discipline, not officiating bias, explains their record in his games. The broader argument is that the Wallabies have long been their own worst enemy at the breakdown and at the scrum, and that Hooper would do more good pushing Les Kiss's squad to stay onside than lobbying for ref bans. The Rassie parallel is drawn explicitly: Nic Berry hasn't officiated a South Africa game since the 2021 video controversy, and while Hooper's language is less incendiary, Planet Rugby sees the same playbook at work.