NG2: template ref errors out on missing ngModel directive...

[p. stephen w]

Seems adding the #lname template ref is the problem.

        <input [(ngModel)]="ng2Form.lname"
            name="lname" id="lname"
            type="text"
            #lname="ngModel"
            required
            placeholder="Last name" />

...otherwise, the form works as expected.


Plunk: read the errors in the console.
Console error message:

There is no directive with "exportAs" set to "ngModel"
[ERROR ->]#lname="ngModel"

Enter code here...

Looks to be the same issue reported here:
https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/9363

[p. stephen w]

Seems upgrading ngForms to v.0.2.0 solves the problem.

https://plnkr.co/edit/iXEKPDIkbJQPSSs4Ksxv?p=preview

[p. stephen w]

My local sandbox is running Fo...@0.2.0, and the error persisted.  It seems upgrading Typescript did the trick.
From: ^1.8.10
To: 1.9.0-dev.20160409