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Wales captain Sam Warburton was sent off by Irish referee Allain Rolland in the first world cup semi-final. From that moment, it felt like France would win because only 20 minutes had passed in the match and good teams tend to beat opponents when they have a numeric playing advantage. But it went to the [...]

The wallabies started very well but they were always going to need the close calls to go their way if they were going to remain in the hunt against the home side in great form. But the close calls did not go their way. Referee Allain Rolland was particularly aggressive at ruck time, giving the [...]

While not a test match, it is being hailed as the ’4th test’ by rugby pundits. It’s certainly going to be a test for irish referee Allain Rolland after all the talk about officiating during this tour. If you listen to some, he’s the best referee in world rugby but here at CrapRefs, we can’t [...]