All Blacks vs Springboks test delayed for nearly 9 minutes by communications failure

An international rugby test match between the All Blacks and the Springboks experienced a delay of nearly nine minutes due to a technical failure. The disruption occurred when the referee lost communication contact with the Television Match Official (TMO).

Additionally, the communications failure impacted the stadium experience, leaving fans unable to hear either the referee's voice or his whistle during the outage.