Coach Pat Lam said he was happy with the process for dealing with the Blues’ concerns about the refereeing in their Super 14 rugby loss to the Waratahs last weekend.

The Blues were frustrated with rookie New Zealand referee Garratt Williamson during their 32-39 loss in Sydney, believing he had been unduly influenced by his Australian assistants, Paul Marks and James Leckie.

Lam said he had met referees boss Lyndon Bray and was able to put forward the Blues’ case.

“Nothing was subjective, it was all about the facts, what we presented, and they’ll now move on and go through their normal process,” he said.

“I’m pleased where the system is at. It’s all under one boss and their review panel, so we are really happy about where it’s at.”

Lam said he would be comfortable with having Williamson, Marks and Leckie back handling a match involving the Blues once the concerns had been dealt with.

“After we have been through the process, then we move on,” he said.

“Nothing personal. It’s just the performance wasn’t normal.”

Skipper Keven Mealamu’s frustration was evident during the match and Lam said on Monday that he listened to the calls during the game and felt Marks and Leckie were controlling the game.

On Re-Union they pointed out that Paul Marks pointed out 8 offences by white(Blues team) to 0 from the blue team(Waratahs)

James Leckie had it 2 to 1 in favor of the Tahs.

He said none of their decisions went against the Waratahs and all bar one were followed by Williamson, whereas a more experienced referee would have been more questioning of his assistants.

He added that the 12-9 penalty count against the Blues had not cost them the match, but what happened needed highlighting.