I mean he just refereed the Superclásico de las Américas between Brazil and Argentina recently too.
A glorified friendly.
Yet he still was there doing it, refereeing some of the top players in the world, in front of 22,541 people and getting paid for it.
Then there is the game at the 2018 World Cup, the 2017 and 18 Club World Cup. Couple of U20 World Cups, the Olympics. All he has refereed at.
I get referees aren't popular and he probably (well he does) make decisions you don't agree with but he is one of NZs best referees.