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<blockquote data-quote="austingtir" data-source="post: 738041" data-attributes="member: 54150"><p>I think we need to be making more of a song and dance about this because its plain for all to see when you look at statistics like that and compare it to the normal win loss ratio's something is not right. I think its pretty easy for a reff to hate on one particular team more than the others infact its human nature. Given Barnes previous history with NZ its not the biggest surprise. I actually think it goes to a subliminal level Barnes probably thinks he's reffing perfectly fairly but that doesnt mean he is in reality.</p><p></p><p>I think this year and last in particular its been incredibly noticeable the overall standard in refereeing has dropped substantially at int and super rugby level.</p><p></p><p>One thing that irked the hell out of me while I was watching the Aussie game on sat was when the Aussie reserve props came on. Barnes mentioned to them they've been briliant all night and are basically owning NZ scrum and to keep it up (not in those exact words but anyone listening to it knew exactly what he meant). This in particular drove me up the wall as imo it shows bias. He should be reffing the game not keeping score. I dont think we got any scrum calls our way (we were fairly beaten in that area but still the Aussies werent saints all night).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="austingtir, post: 738041, member: 54150"] I think we need to be making more of a song and dance about this because its plain for all to see when you look at statistics like that and compare it to the normal win loss ratio's something is not right. I think its pretty easy for a reff to hate on one particular team more than the others infact its human nature. Given Barnes previous history with NZ its not the biggest surprise. I actually think it goes to a subliminal level Barnes probably thinks he's reffing perfectly fairly but that doesnt mean he is in reality. I think this year and last in particular its been incredibly noticeable the overall standard in refereeing has dropped substantially at int and super rugby level. One thing that irked the hell out of me while I was watching the Aussie game on sat was when the Aussie reserve props came on. Barnes mentioned to them they've been briliant all night and are basically owning NZ scrum and to keep it up (not in those exact words but anyone listening to it knew exactly what he meant). This in particular drove me up the wall as imo it shows bias. He should be reffing the game not keeping score. I dont think we got any scrum calls our way (we were fairly beaten in that area but still the Aussies werent saints all night). [/QUOTE]
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