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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 167308"><p>IMO the forward pass wasn't the only thing Barnes did wrong. His positional play was pretty much third rate for most of the second half, as he seemed determined to place himself in a position to referee one side, and it wasn't the French. He really was like a possum caught in the headlights, and anyone with an ounce of refereeing experience could see that he was totally out of his depth. How the hell the IRB managed to appoint a referee with so little experience to a RWC quarterfinal involving two of the top teams in the world is beyond me. Can you imagine FIFA appointing a refereee with only half a dozen internationals under his belt to, say, a Brazil v Italy quarter final? I can't.</p><p></p><p>Also, he wasn't the only useless official on the paddock that day. The TJ's pretty much seemed determined to ignore French illegalities. One of the enduring images of that match for me was a camera shot on the near touchline, late in the second half, of a French hand reaching down in a ruck and rolling the ball back in full view of the TJ, who was only standing 3 metres away and looking right at it. He said and did NOTHING! :wall:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 167308"] IMO the forward pass wasn't the only thing Barnes did wrong. His positional play was pretty much third rate for most of the second half, as he seemed determined to place himself in a position to referee one side, and it wasn't the French. He really was like a possum caught in the headlights, and anyone with an ounce of refereeing experience could see that he was totally out of his depth. How the hell the IRB managed to appoint a referee with so little experience to a RWC quarterfinal involving two of the top teams in the world is beyond me. Can you imagine FIFA appointing a refereee with only half a dozen internationals under his belt to, say, a Brazil v Italy quarter final? I can't. Also, he wasn't the only useless official on the paddock that day. The TJ's pretty much seemed determined to ignore French illegalities. One of the enduring images of that match for me was a camera shot on the near touchline, late in the second half, of a French hand reaching down in a ruck and rolling the ball back in full view of the TJ, who was only standing 3 metres away and looking right at it. He said and did NOTHING! :wall: [/QUOTE]
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