The man in street shoes who missed Bob Deans' try in 1905.
Biased South Africans in 1949.
A Dunedin bank manager helping Don Clarke beat the Lions in 1959.
Roger Quittenton conned (or not) by Andy Haden's dive in 1978.
Derek Bevan getting a gold watch from Louis Luyt in 1995.
And some Barnes bloke in 2007.
Controlling a sport is difficult enough. But rugby, with its bulging and ever-changing list of laws, makes it extremely difficult to see many incidents in black or white.
Irish referee Alain Rolland now faces the wrath of a nation - and all those who desired to see the popular Welsh reach the World Cup final - for his decision to give Wales captain Sam Warburton a red card on Saturday night.
But the laws suggest Rolland was 100% correct to make that decision.
If you lift a player horizontally, and drop him to the ground with no regard to his safety, the recommended punishment is a red card.
Whether there is intent or not, whether it happens in the 19th minute or the 79th minute of a World Cup semifinal or a First XV match, the laws state a player should be sent off.
A similar incident occurred in the pool game between France and Tonga in Wellington, when French centre Fabrice Estebanez was yellow-carded for a dangerous tackle on Highlanders lock Joe Tuineau.
The judicial officer later ruled the punishment should have been a red card, and Estebanez was banned for three weeks.
Two years ago, the International Rugby Board circulated a memo on the topic of "dangerous lifting" tackles, supplementing a full law ruling made in 2005.
It said the three scenarios, in descending order of gravity, were:
1. "The player is lifted and then forced or `speared' into the ground. A red card should be issued for this type of tackle."
2. "The lifted player is dropped to the ground from a height with no regard to the player's safety. A red card should be issued for this type of tackle."
3. "For all other types of dangerous lifting tackle it may be considered a penalty or yellow card is sufficient."
Ultimately, the decision is up to the referee.
But in this instance, with Warburton's tackle on Vincent Clerc falling into category No 2, Rolland was correct.