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'95 back in the spotlight again, suzie at it again.
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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 796711" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>You'll find, if you bothered to check, that many if not most of the NZ posters here, including myself, have repeatedly acknowledged exactly what you are saying... that they had no plan "B" and especially no plan for an incompetent referee or one that was that was out of his depth. Despite that fact however. it does not excuse Barnes abysmal <em>"possum in the headlights"</em> display.</p><p></p><p> The failure of a team or its coaches and leadership group to understand quickly enough that the referee isn't up to the task does not excuse the referee for his performance, nor does it excuse those who chucked him in at the deep end. A referee with only two top level (Tier 1 v Tier 1) test matches should have never even been appointed to officiate at a Rugby World Cup, let alone a prime knock out match. The decision to appoint him was pure "Home Unions" politics; he was the RFU's "Golden Boy" and they pushed very hard for his inclusion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 796711, member: 20605"] You'll find, if you bothered to check, that many if not most of the NZ posters here, including myself, have repeatedly acknowledged exactly what you are saying... that they had no plan "B" and especially no plan for an incompetent referee or one that was that was out of his depth. Despite that fact however. it does not excuse Barnes abysmal [I]"possum in the headlights"[/I] display. The failure of a team or its coaches and leadership group to understand quickly enough that the referee isn't up to the task does not excuse the referee for his performance, nor does it excuse those who chucked him in at the deep end. A referee with only two top level (Tier 1 v Tier 1) test matches should have never even been appointed to officiate at a Rugby World Cup, let alone a prime knock out match. The decision to appoint him was pure "Home Unions" politics; he was the RFU's "Golden Boy" and they pushed very hard for his inclusion. [/QUOTE]
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