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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 467644" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>Ezequiel, I appreciate what you are trying to say, but really, I don't think he is a very good referee. He may be competent most of the time, but he has a very poor relationship with the players, of all teams. They simply don't have any confidence in him.</p><p></p><p>Bryce Lawrence's performance in the South Africa v Australia quarter-final, was a virtual carbon copy of Wayne Barnes' dismal effort in the quarter-final in 2007. I hear kiwi fans go on and on about the "forward pass" but really, it was not Wayne Barnes' call, it was Kaplan's.. he was in line with it and should have called it.</p><p></p><p>The similarities between those two performances are quite amazing when you view them one after another.</p><p></p><p>1. Both referees were little more than spectators, resembling rabbits caught in the headlights more than they did international referees.</p><p></p><p>2. Both referees allowed one side to infringe with impunity. Barnes allowed the France virtually unlimited offsides, Lawrence allowed unlimited infringing by Australia (escpecially Pocock) at the breakdown.</p><p></p><p>3. Both referees appeared unwilling to make a big, match-changing call near the end of the game.</p><p></p><p>And interestingly, both referees came from a country who would have been the losing team's next opponent! </p><p></p><p>South African fans will now have a real understanding of how Kiwi fans felt ripped off in 2007, and Kiwis understand your pain now, because we've been there.</p><p></p><p>Barnes still has this fatal flaw in his game of being unable to make the big call under pressure. who remembers Contpomi charging from a blatantly offside position at Dan Parks' attempted match winning dropped goal in the Scotland v Argentina match? Or how about all the South African ruck & maul infringements that went unpunished in the last minutes of the match against Wales, that would have given the Welsh a match-winning penalty kick?</p><p></p><p>Bryce Lawrence has been poor at other times too, he had shockers in the S15 matches between the Crusaders and the Highlanders in Nelson, and again in the Crusaders v Sharks at the same venue, His general treatment of the Sharks in that mactn was appalling, culminating in that ridiculous scrum penalty against The Beast because "he moved". That was just pure Bulls Hit. But by far his worst clanger was in the 2009 Lions tour of South Africa, where, a Assistant Referee, he clearly saw Schalk Burger deliberately poke his finger into an opponent's eye, and recommended only a yellow card for what was a stone cold red card offence; another example of him bottling a big call under pressure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 467644, member: 20605"] Ezequiel, I appreciate what you are trying to say, but really, I don't think he is a very good referee. He may be competent most of the time, but he has a very poor relationship with the players, of all teams. They simply don't have any confidence in him. Bryce Lawrence's performance in the South Africa v Australia quarter-final, was a virtual carbon copy of Wayne Barnes' dismal effort in the quarter-final in 2007. I hear kiwi fans go on and on about the "forward pass" but really, it was not Wayne Barnes' call, it was Kaplan's.. he was in line with it and should have called it. The similarities between those two performances are quite amazing when you view them one after another. 1. Both referees were little more than spectators, resembling rabbits caught in the headlights more than they did international referees. 2. Both referees allowed one side to infringe with impunity. Barnes allowed the France virtually unlimited offsides, Lawrence allowed unlimited infringing by Australia (escpecially Pocock) at the breakdown. 3. Both referees appeared unwilling to make a big, match-changing call near the end of the game. And interestingly, both referees came from a country who would have been the losing team's next opponent! South African fans will now have a real understanding of how Kiwi fans felt ripped off in 2007, and Kiwis understand your pain now, because we've been there. Barnes still has this fatal flaw in his game of being unable to make the big call under pressure. who remembers Contpomi charging from a blatantly offside position at Dan Parks' attempted match winning dropped goal in the Scotland v Argentina match? Or how about all the South African ruck & maul infringements that went unpunished in the last minutes of the match against Wales, that would have given the Welsh a match-winning penalty kick? Bryce Lawrence has been poor at other times too, he had shockers in the S15 matches between the Crusaders and the Highlanders in Nelson, and again in the Crusaders v Sharks at the same venue, His general treatment of the Sharks in that mactn was appalling, culminating in that ridiculous scrum penalty against The Beast because "he moved". That was just pure Bulls Hit. But by far his worst clanger was in the 2009 Lions tour of South Africa, where, a Assistant Referee, he clearly saw Schalk Burger deliberately poke his finger into an opponent's eye, and recommended only a yellow card for what was a stone cold red card offence; another example of him bottling a big call under pressure. [/QUOTE]
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