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Comment on Another Bryce Lawrence shocker (Springboks v Wallabies, RWC 2011) by Jean Pierre

Jean Pierre — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:54:22 +0000

Francois Joubert is a disgrace – his biased approached to the world cup final cheated the French the opportunity to defeat new zeland – he is as bad as Bryce Lawrence and should be confined to the same level of rugby as Bryce and the under 11.
Make sure you don’t step into French territory too early Francois unless you can explain video evidence of your bias!!
That said, New Zeland deserve to win the world cup for their overall performance so well done to them!
JP

Comment on Another Bryce Lawrence shocker (Springboks v Wallabies, RWC 2011) by Francois Joubert

Francois Joubert — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:16:15 +0000

Bryce Lawrence is a disgrace to the World Cup Rugby and a disgrace to New Zealand Rugby. He should do community work and referee under 11 Rygby matches for the next four years.
Bryce Lawrence is a bad man and should not be trusted by anyone!
His family and friends should be ashamed of him.
Thank you and greetings
Francois Retief Joubert

Comment on Is Wayne Barnes the man to referee the World Cup Final? by reece

reece — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 06:11:15 +0000

@jonnyboy71 why would Barnes being English have any baring. English aren’t even in the semis let alone the final.

Comment on Should there be a way to rectify bad refereeing decisions? by Rugby Nick

Rugby Nick — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:00:16 +0000

One presumes we are skipping over Barnes’ ability to ignore the offside lines at rucks, and that by repeatedly saying ‘hands off’ before he whistles he allows ball to be slowed down with impunity.

The problem is despite these faults being ever present in his game he is STILL one of the best refs on the circuit, which shows how poor the reffing standard really is

Comment on Is Wayne Barnes the man to referee the World Cup Final? by jonnyboy71

jonnyboy71 — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:02:44 +0000

Barnes won’t be able to ref the final, he’s English. It’s going to have to be a neutral ref.

Comment on Is Wayne Barnes the man to referee the World Cup Final? by CrapRefsAdmin

CrapRefsAdmin — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:21:00 +0000

I honestly feel Wayne Barnes has come back very well after 2007. Shown a bit of grit.

Surely he deserves a second chance. Seems to have worked for Steve Walsh.

I rate Barnes a lot higher than Bryce Lawrence.

I like his low impact refereeing style.

Wales were robbed – no question. But linesmen Clancy and Munro have more to answer for there than Barnes.

Comment on Is Wayne Barnes the man to referee the World Cup Final? by Nick

Nick — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:28:15 +0000

After his terrible performance in the ’07 France/New Zealand quarter Finals game, Wayne Barnes officiating career would’ve been over and done with if I was a part of the IRB.

Comment on What’s with all of the missed forward passes in Super Rugby? by Defender

Defender — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:34:16 +0000

Watch this video and imagine a player is hit just as he passes. Think about it for a second before you make a decision as a referee.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgMlDy2jP9s

Comment on [Week 14] Video ref has a shocker (Blues v Crusaders) by CrapRefsAdmin

CrapRefsAdmin — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 02:04:49 +0000

Quite right! Apologies for the inaccuracy and thank you for the correction.

Comment on [Week 14] Video ref has a shocker (Blues v Crusaders) by Ian

Ian — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 09:24:20 +0000

Phil Cropper wasn’t sent off in 1990, John Buchan was, and Cropper came on to replace Buchan at hooker.