Top 10 bad refereeing decisions in Rugby
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- We're all human and we all make mistakes. But when you're a referee and your mistake means a nation gets knocked out of a Rugby World Cup, people aren't quick to forgive and forget.
In this video, I go through my top 10 most awful terrible ref decisions in the rugby union.
Let me know if you agree with my list, or if I missed any calls out.
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Kia Ora Team, as many of you have kindly pointed out - the referee in the 2011 semi final was Allan Rolland not Romain Poite. Like many of my mistakes that one will live on in perpetuity on the internet.
I was confused about how Romain Poite could referee a game featuring France, but that's why. Agree with the yellow though, maybe to the defense of Rolland the fact that Warburton also landed his hand on the face didn't help.
You can’t tell my that Bryce Lawrence whole game against SA and Aus doesn’t make this?!?! He never even blew another game after that again!
Correct. That and the Farrell no arms tackle should’ve made the list as well
Ridiculous this didn’t even make the list
He robbed P. Divvy of a WC. That Springbok team was elite.
The man sacrificed his career, reputation, dignity, and soul to steal NZ a RWC.
And it worked.
Don't forget to mention that the NZR awarded Bryce as best ref in the country following that decision..
you missed one, Paul Honis Boks vs Ireland, go talk to your players, and Smit called them in a huddle for O Gara to tap and score. Joke that cost the game.
You boys aren't going to let that one go, are ye?
@@edmondmurphy surely one's allowed talk about a poor call under a video on poor calls?
@@christeebs And what in my commented indicated that one couldn't discuss bad calls?
Great video though it obviously wasnt Romain Poite that sent Sam Warburton off. French refs cant ref French matches. It was Irishman Alain Rolland.
Half French Irishman...
Not having French Refs for their games is one of Frances greatest advantages!
Theres also the one time that wales beat ireland with a late try that came from a quick lineout, but they used a different ball to the one kicked off the field
Kaplan... did that end up with another sham slam for Wales?
Who cares?
2011. I was there. It was just before half time. Loved it
@@daithipol yep
Used the wrong ball. The original ball had been touched. Multiple reasons why a quick line out couldn’t be taken. Touch judge lied to the ref. The stupid f*ck.
As an avid Springbok supporter, let us not forget Bryce Lawrence screwed his career as an international ref in the 2011 World Cup quarter finals. I don't know if he ever stepped foot in SA after that game. 🤣🤣
You will see the meaning of xenophobia if he ever decides to visit SA.
Yep had any other ref controlled that game , SA would today be leading with 4 world cup wins and NZ sitting with 2. AB were not going to shape against SA in that tournament and the whole world knew it. I feel Bryce was propably instructed to ensure an Aus result by world rugby which the little puppet did but so obviously. They must believe that rugby fans are incompetent morons which hurt just as much as the fixed loss. Bryce caused a lot of fans to lose respect for the world cup tournament generally.
Probably because your cry baby fans sent him death threats. Worst sore losers in sport
The awful refereeing in the 2011 final should be number 1 . NZ deserved to win the WC as a whole BUT France were robbed in the Final.What was it, 6 or 7 calls that went NZs way that were utterly wrong? Tho wasnt it Joubert AGAIN??
That was pretty crazy, France were robbed on the day
there's a video about in on RUclips, a truly shocking display that cost France the title
They were robbed indeed, thanks mate, I can't understand how we're going back every time to that totally warranted red card for Warburton like it's a scandal but we choose to forget about that shocking final. Oh well, the french lost it so it's gotta be good I guess. Anyway, Joubert was the least competent, most corrupted referee ever.
I found it very revealing that Kiwis, having waited so long to win the World Cup (after the first one) were remarkably quiet after the 2011 final ...In their hearts a lot of them knew it wasn't right.
You mean when McCaw got eye gouged by the French winger
Craig Joubert in the whole 2011 RWC final as well as Bryce Lawrence in the QF between Oz and SA. These were the worst, because it wasn't one incident, but whole games where the refs were shocking bordering on cheating...
You are 100% correct but, this is a Biased New Zealander who believes that the All Blacks have a God Given right to
(a) commit any foul play they want without consequences
(b) win World Cups!
Craig was keeping his buddy - and head of referee board - happy. That was a shocking performance. Offside line didn’t apply to the kiwis. France were robbed. No surprise a Kiwi’s number one howler is one forward pass that was missed in a quarter final - and not a whole final that was stolen by a pro-AB ref 🤷🏻♂️
@@ManofMunster it wasn’t the forward pass in 07 you clown, it was the inability to penalise France when NZ dominated possession and field position. You could say NZ were naive and should have changed tack when they realised Barnes was freezing on by far the biggest stage he’d been on. You think 2011 was as one sided? You are well off the case. “France, which was the most penalized team at the 2007 World Cup, received 85 per cent of the penalties and free kicks in the game (11-2). The All Blacks received 15 per cent. An irony is that during the World Cup, 69 per cent of all penalties went to the team in possession.” “First-half possession was 57% and territory 46% to NZ. Second-half possession was 73% and territory 72% to NZ.” Yet zero second half penalties awarded against France. There has never been another test match like it.
2011 final possession and territory stats were almost 50/50. If anything was missed by the ref it was a red card for Rougerie for eye gouging McCaw.
@@frankbunce only reason NZ had so much ball was because the ref never penalised them for hands in the ruck. SHOCKER of a performance by the ref. Any neutral person agrees that France were robbed.
At the time i thought the Warburton red card was wrong. But as time has gone by and the game has cleaned up a bit around the tip tackle, it deserved a red. He lifted the guy past the horizontal and didn't bring him down safely.. he even released him a bit in the air after lifting him up. Clerks upperback and back of his head hit the ground simultaneously. Its a red.
It wasn’t romain poite it was “Irishman” Alain Pierre Roland…
A, ahem, neutral ref….
Amazing how the ABs just can't take a loss
And why should we?
@@hankgoldenshaft cause you’re washed
@@hankgoldenshaft I recall a similar incident with the silver ferns cricket team who reacted badly to a loss against SA years back. Poor sportsmanship seems to be the N Z order of the day.
@@Enoch940 pile on whilst you can haters.
I know, right? I used to love their spirit and aura when I was younger but now I know better. AB fans are toxic as hell and always react like a four years old kid whenever they lose a game : they whine, blame it on the ref and find any excuse they can to avoid saying the other team was better. And they're supposed to represent and stand for Rugby values? Pathetic. I still love the team, though !
The bod incident should have been two red cards and a lengthy ban for both
You’re right
No kiwi is disagreeing the real travesty - was no citing - I think at game the angles were less conclusive
@@DistractedSports yea it really was possibly the worst tackle I've ever seen in this game lifted him up and slammed him down on his neck it's a fucking miracle he wasn't paralysed from the neck down if not killed instantly you will never see a more clear cut red card not given
Craig Joubert world cup final 2011 absolute disgrace the French ripped off
Hilarious! Fair play to you for acknowledging the recent exploits of the Irish in NZ. We actually don't think about knock-out matches at World Cups. Our main goal has ALWAYS been to win a test series in NZ!! Anyway....that's how I discovered your channel so that's positive. Great work!🙏
Thanks mate. I appreciate you watching!
I get the 2007 game against France was upsetting but that can't be the # 1 bad decision.... Besides, you got your revenge in 2011 when Joubert offered you the cup on a silver plate.... :) Well that being said, France did not deserve to win the tournament that year, but losing it like that was shameful....
Upsetting? You dont get it? We live for rugby in NZ & that call will always be the worst we remember
Shameful indeed, like the actions of many Antipodean officials
Simply because it's a World Cup semi (or Final) doesn't mean that out and out Thuggery should NOT receive full punishment.
And while we are talking World Cup Finals, in the VERY NEXT MATCH, the South African Referee, probably under the instructions of the New Zealand Director of Referees, who appointed him, GIFTED the Cup to the THIRD best team on the pitch!
You clearly don't remember that the laws were applied differently in 2011 than they were today.
In 2011 a red card for such a tackle was unprecedented, hence the universal disgust of pundits and commentators.
Allan 'look at me' Rolland never missed an opportunity to make himself the centre of attention but the middle of a world Cup semi final is not an appropriate time to change how laws are applied.
Schalk Burger's blatant eye gouge vs the Lions in 2009 getting only a yellow, Kevin Mealamu's headbutt on Lewis Moody, Andrew Hore's cheat shot on Bradley Davies were all a LOT worse than a missed forward pass.
Did Jouberts man of the match performance for the all blacks in 2011 even make this?
Thanks from an Irish supporter for calling out the spear tackle and how filthy it was. 17 years later and it still makes me shudder.
Truth is till the end of time that tackle will be mentioned because it truly was one of the most disgusting things that ever happened on a rugby rugby and it can only be described as a miracle that BOD was not paralysed from the neck down
I think the 05 tip tackle on BOD was the worst call, the utter cheek of Henry in his reaction is priceless, but it was utter thuggery of the highest level from Mealamu and Umaga, amazing that they really showed zero remorse either, and that NZ fans and commentators at the time jeered the Lions fans over it. But what goes around comes around, and it's only taken another 15 years of NZ having refs in their pocket for the chickens to finally come home to roost.
A kiwi hating on the french. Nothing new under the sun. 2011 RWC final? Nope? The french scrum demolishing the AB again and again and again in front of the posts and Joubert fiercely refusing to give them a penalty? Wayne Barnes making the french play 20 minutes of extra time against Wales because he didn't want to give them a penalty try? Idk?
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Would help if the french didnt get some REAL shady decisions trying those matches. Although I will admit, that red card against warburton was correct imo, despite it not being considered as a red at the time
great video mate keep going love your content
Re: Joubert - for sure he got that call wrong against Scotland. Weirdly though, never before or since have the IRB admitted a ref got something wrong in a game… normally their refs are sacred and untouchable, but in this instance… ?
With all the refeering in France's benefits you have cited you could have at least thought of a time where it was against us! There's plenty of exemples as for the 2019 quarter finals against Wales and the ripped ball that goes forward at the end of the game, the Itoje try in the 6 nation 2021...but the easiest and surely the hardest for you to agree with if you're kiwi is the whole 2011 final refereed by Craig Joubert as well!
Joubert was a cowardly disgrace in that final, showed his true colours running off the pitch (so very very insulting to the Scottish players) after the 2015 game; irony being that that error was actually totally forgivable but karma had his number.
I never got the upset at the Warburton red card. People seem to complain about the consequences that it was a semi final. Tell me where in the rules it says we should change the rules if it’s a semi final. People should be annoyed at Warburton for doing that stupid tackle.
Nothing is written in any rules for rugby, because rules don’t exist, however laws do.
@@eoincaomhanach1983 My bad. But is there anything in the laws that state they should change in a semi final?
The worst ref decision was when Lions winger Luke Fitzgerald attacked Schalk Burgers fingers with his eyeballs. Poor Schalk got a yellow card. 😡
2017 - v the Lions, blatant cheating by Poite/ Raynal screwed the AB's in 2/3 tests.Wayne Barnes - QF WC 2007
That's the AB's getting dudded? that's ok,nothing to see here.So,so predictable....
My number 1 by far is Joubert for the 2011 world cup final !
Nice video, and nice touch for ireland win. As a Scotland fan, 2015 was tough. Glen Jacksons overall game against wales in the 6N earlier that year was probably the worst overall referee performance i can remember in a Scotland game, i think he even blew for FT early... Craig Joubert's sprinting off the pitch after the the RWC QF was probably the hardest to stomach though. Since then we have been working on a secret weapon to unleash our furious vengeance upon International Rugby. His Name.... Mike Adamson. Be afraid, be very afraid...
Haha, absolutely loved your whimsical commentary. Paddy O'Brian was definitely not a rugby referring GOAT, lol!! You the man!!
I was so livid with Poite in the Lions series decider, but now you reminded me of Tana and Kevin’s atrocious play on BOD I’m thinking the rugby universe balanced the books somewhat..
I feel very similar about the whole thing.
I'm Scottish, and obviously massively biased, but only number 3 for the Joubert Highway Robbery. Fucker could have at least had the decency to have worn a mask for that one, and the way he sprinted off the pitch says everything you need to know about that...
The worst part of the lot was that TMO was available for that game, and he went to the TMO for every other major decision in the game, so (as Greig Laidlaw rightly pointed out in his post match interview) why the hell was that decision not referred?
This is part of why I can't watch Scottish Rugby live any more - by the end of the first half, my voice has gone and the telly's oot the windae!
you cant review a penalty that isn't foul play
Paddy O’Brien, those calls in the 99 RWC have never been forgotten. Blatant.
I’ve heted POB before I even know about this game as the head of the referees he created a culture of fear with refs afraid to go against the seeded big nations especially New Zealand. Look at what happened to Alan Lewis after daring to penalize New Zealand to the same standard as everyone else
Sam Warburton wasn't sent off by Romain Poitre. He was sent off by Alain Rolland.
Says something fishy happened during fidgy - france (game that led the infamous beating of NZ by the french in 1999), but doesn't even mention the 2011 RWC final ... Places michalak pass in first when australia is offered a clear shot at victory by the end of regulation in world cup elimination game, this one should definitly be first. Do you have something against france ?
You're wide of the mark with the Warburton red card. It was absolutely the right decision. Enjoyable video though!
Thanks for watching legend!
Not wide of the mark at all, you are judging a game in 2011 by the way the game is refereed today. In 2011ma red card for such for such tackle was unprecedented, hence the universal disgust of all the pundits at the time.
Allan Rolland never missed an opportunity to out himself at the centre of attention and decided that the middle a world cup semifinal was an appropriate time to change how the laws were applied.
What about any ref that reffed a game the boks lost in!
Colin Hawke deserves to be on there! He cost us (Otago) the shield against auckland with a terrible call. That ball was out! And who was the ref that penalised Dave Latta at Lancaster park? Stevie wonder i think his name was?
Dave Latta! That's a blast from the past. Sorry dude, I remember one late penalty try against Auckland that robbed you guys of a NPC championship in the early 90s, but not that one.
@@DistractedSports Yea the Auckland 1 is where the ball comes out & Zinny drags it back in the scrum with his leg,Stuey Forster kicks it away and...........😮
Warburton’s card was the right call!
seriously... awarding n°2 to the Fiji - France in 1999 and not even mentioning the AB - France by Joubert in 2011? Home refereeing at its best...
YOU really are an AB fan...
let me put it this way, as a French:
France didn't deserve to win the 2011 WC (based on their whole run) and maybe the AB did deserve to win the WC, but they sure didn't deserve to win THIS match... Thanks Richie McCheat and Craig Joubert...
How Bryce Lawrence doesn't feature in at least 5 of these is beyond me.
2003 world cup final ENG vs AUS, Andre Watson a truly inspiring performance on how NOT to referee
As good of ref nigel owen is, he has had bad nights. One of those nights was Samoa vs The Boks at the 2011 RWC. There was some shady calls against Samoa, non biased opinion, and I believed Samoa had the chance to beating South Africa that night.
Thanks for reminding me that I need to stick a pin in my Craig Joubert voodoo doll. I haven't been near it for, oh, a week. I'm healing - but slowly.
Bizzie DuPlesis was such a beast they had to apply different rules for him
Sam Warburtons Red card was legal and fine all long, Not only was it the right call using the Law, He also got a 3 match ban after the hearing. So not a "bad decision" at all. Love how people know all the Laws. :/
well cept for the fact that it was the 4th such tip tackle that had gone in during that world cup and all the hits bar Warburtons resulted in yellows, two of which were arguably worse than Sam's. and none of the other players were cited. Warburtuns ban was just world rugby covering its arse. If all the others that tournament had been Reds I'd have no complaints, but the precedent had clearly been set at yellow.
Wayne barnes , In Wales we know our chances of winning when that prick is refereeing the game are going to be slim , twice after the closing mins of the game he kept the opposing teams in the Welsh end for over 10 minutes until they won the game , he did it against France by keeping them in the Welsh side for 20 minutes after the 80th min until France scored to win the game ,he also did the same against Australia too.
I'm glad the YT recommandations showed me this channel lol. It's interesting to see an AB fan perspective on this sport. I gotta say as a french fan, I was not surprised when the Scots got their victory against Australia stolen away by Craig Joubert in 2015 because he did the same thing to us in the 2011 Final imo ahah (He is not liked in France to say the least lmao)...but I gotta say Barnes also clearly fucked up in the 2007 Quarter Final.
Thanks for watching champion!
Agreed. The 2011 WC final deserves a mention. As does Springbok vs Aus 2011 Qtr.
Some of the worst referring I've seen.
@@JayKay-on2gr Yeah the 2011 WC had really bad refereeing overall.
@@Metal0maniac98 W.R doing their very best to protect NZ and get that WC trophy hoodoo off their backs 😉😄
Wales v Ireland 2011 the Ref allowed a quick lineout be taken using a different ball which lead to Wales winning the game. Jonathan Kaplan was the ref
Wonderful video. Good energy. Great sense of humour. Not taking yourself too seriously = subscribed. Look forward to seeing more.
Thanks champion!
Nice video. Not surprised to see Romain Poite make the most appearance. worst ref ever to disgrace rugby. O'Brien was a right twat as well. You did miss Bryce Lawrence's worst match ever where he literally was the reason for Australia beating South Africa in the 2011 World Cup. He was so bad that he received a number of death threats. The following Super Series he would not ref any games played in South Africa for fear of reprisals and after a lengthy investigation into his deliberated destruction of the Springboks in 2011, was eventually banned from any international refereeing at all. Good riddance.
Thanks for watching Darryl. As I said in the video I was really just going off my memory. The Aussie South Africa one is a bit foggy for me to be honest.
@@DistractedSports probably because you got so drunk celebrating that the ABs didn't have to face the Boks in the Semi 😄😉
@@JayKay-on2gr that would have been the correct final.
Sure, there's some terrible decisions going around, and some are truly bad. But honestly the day a player has a perfect, no error game, that's when they can complain.
One ref with the whole game on their shoulders for the entire match.
Then there's a team of 15 players (plus reserves) who get to share the load and get to enjoy decent chunks of time where they're not involved in the actual contest despite still being on the field.
Then there's us, the armchair experts that have replays, vision from every angle and the alleged expert guidance of commentators, not to mention our own bias.
Give them a break, or sign up as a ref and do better.
100% mate, too many people crying foul unable to acknowledge their own biases, would make lousy refs Im afraid!
Nigel owens scrum penalty against Ireland to hand the game to New Zealand in 2012,
RWC 2011 finals ??? You put the red card in the semi, the forward pass of 2007 but not the 2011 final where we get robbed. LOL
Can we all just agree that Romain poite (who has improved lately tbf) made SO MANY shit calls before his turn around in 2019 that he should've never been allowed on a rugby field again? The man was completely fucking clueless and clearly showed bias to a small number of teams on MULTIPLE occasions
Awesome video that brought back some good and bad memories, being a Welshman 😀
Good on ya for such a good review and honesty, it's a brutal sport without skulldugary
Really enjoyed 👍
4:15 wasn't Romain Poite, it was Alain Rolland. And 5:03 was a legitimate decision. Owens didn't play at the ball, it went directly into him.
Owens caught the ball m8, if that isn't 'playing it' I don't know what to tell you that would change your mind SMH
@@peacemaker6662"A player is accidentally offside if the player cannot avoid being touched by the ball or by a team-mate who is carrying the ball." It bounced directly into his chest, and he instinctively caught it afterwards. I don't know where you've got "playing it" from, it has no relevance to what I said or to the law. I said he didn't "play at" the ball, i.e. didn't move into its way.
The law is clear and the massively experienced international referee and TMO agreed after watching it in slow motion.
@@DavidAJones11 'he instinctively caught it' that is when it became Offside and a Penalty, being no longer an Accidentlly Offside and a scrum. Please show me where the word 'instincitvely' appears in the Laws of Rugby? It is not a reason a player catching a ball is not 'playing at' a ball?
BTW I'm a Lion's fan with no axe to grind here
@@peacemaker6662The ball bounced into his chest and arms. He couldn't avoid being touched by the ball, so it's accidentally offside. If he'd have reached out or moved to catch the ball, *then* it would have been deliberately offside.
In order to discuss the laws, you are allowed to use words that don't appear in the laws. Otherwise you're just quoting, which isn't an explanation.
@@DavidAJones11 Did he have to catch the ball? He could have let it bounce off him, he acted instinctively by catching the ball. A player with a quicker mind would have let the ball bounce off him. It's that simple, not faulting Owens as most players would have did exactly as he did but it's still a Penalty.
NO NO You Missed the Worst Ever…approx 15 years ago, SA playing Ireland in Dublin, Ref Paul Honiss calls SA captain John Smit over for repeated infringements. Smit asks Honiss “ do I have time to speak to the team?” Yes Responds Honiss…so time out…The SA team gather in a group to hear Smit out. . An Irish player takes a quick tap and runs over and puts the ball down over the SA goal line. Honiss unbelievably awards a try costing the springboks the game. Smit says in his biography he came very close to punching Honiss. Now that is the worst ref decision I have witnessed or heard of.
No way Warburton red card shoud be on that list. In today's rugby it's a no brainer red card, it was different in 2011 but even then, it was not a bad call, 50/50 as worst. "Controversial" yes, but nowhere near "bad call".
Schalk Burger eye-gougue vs the Lions in 2009 should be here, maybe even number 1, even in 1950 it was worth a red card
As others have said, Lawrence ruining the Aus SA game.
Of late, there have been some shocking referee decisions and howlers that should be looked at.
The quality of referee is In decline
P.S you said roman poite was referee 😳 Wales v France semi final it was alain rolland from Ireland 🇮🇪 they would never have a French referee reffing a france team.
The funny this is that Rolland is half French so really he shouldn’t have been reffing either!
Thanks Mate. Bugger, oh well it’ll have to be another one of my mistakes that live on in perpetuity.
Rolland is HALF FRENCH
@@TheCambrian91 Indeed, he was my mortgage broker! He used to work at that!!
A point of information at 4'18"; It wasn't Roman Poite who sent off Sam Warburton , but the Irish Referee Alain Rolland.
This thumbnail should have one ref on the front. Wayne Barnes
Bryce Lawrence officiating South Africa vs Australia in the 2015 world cup QF not even appearing on the list? So many bad calls you could make a top 10 from that game alone
Yeah man, as I said the vid I was just going off the ones that I could remember. Maybe I'll make a second vid with all the ones people have commented.
Does referees favor the Southern Hemisphere??? My feeling is that the northern Hemisphere Rugby boards also dictate changes in Rugby rules??? What is the thoughts of other Southern Hemisphere supporters???
yeah nah, warburton earned that red. the only reason it would be controversial is because having 14 for a whole game is dumb (that's on the laws not the ref), and because people from the UK are massive cry-babies
edit: i said people, but really it's just the UK media
You forgot about Bryce Lawrence 2011 Boks vs wallabies... One of the worst performances from a Ref.
How about the kiwi guy diving in the lineout against Wales, earns a penalty and wins them the game
Steve Walsh never gave England a fair call throughout his entire career.
Andre Watson's refereeing of the 2003 rugby WC final was pretty ordinary to say the least
What?! No mention of Bryce Lawrence robbing the Springboks of a possible worldcup win in 2015? Well I can't say I'm surprised... 🤨
After having several arguments on TikTok with abs fans, was happy to see at least 3 incidents of the all blacks benefiting from bad calls. When all blacks losing a makes nz unbearable to live in
😂😂😂😂😂 as proud Irish man,sweet job fella.
You'll find not only did we win a match but we won the serious. 😆
Enjoyable video.
Thanks for watching champion
Graham Henry really let himself down on that Lions tour, very very poor from him and his comments. ABs lost a lot of fans during that series.
The existance of Bryce Lawrence !!! he should never have been allowed to officiate a match.
What no Bryce Lawrence? LMAO
Ye just had to bring up the Scotland Australia world Cup game... so cruel...
I know. I just had to.
Test series winning play that attack on BOD
Bismarck's 2nd tackle on Carter...
Sorry, but Warburton deserved red, and it wasn't Romain Poite that carded him, it was Alain Rolland
1995 World Cup AB vs South Africa. Pass to Jonah Lomu called a forward pass by the fat welsh ref 20m behind the play which cost ABs the game
Nothing beats the ridiculous Clive Norling penalty awarded to NZ in the third test between the All Blacks and the Springboks in 1981. Considering the political drama of the whole tour, that decision in the last minute of the last test was something that changed many lives forever.
Yes... and after 9 mins of unaccounted for overtime... NZ refs are like Aussie cricketers
Steve Walsh in the 07 Super Rugby Final was equally horrible.
Really interesting to have a kiwi point of view ! The 2011 WC final hasn't been digested yet on my side ... :-(
Romain Poite is the worst ref ever
You need only watch every South African game against England, Australia and New Zealand; referees are always against the Boks - especially the pommies and Frenchies
Rassie? Is that you Rassie?
Everyone knows that when Boks lose it’s because the ref cheated. I was told this in confidence in a pub by Elvis and Grouch Marx who afterwards rode off on the Lock Ness Monster
Re the Warburton Red Card - not only does Warburton dump the French player on the ground, he IMMEDIATELY followed up with a shot to the head of the French Player.
So, really, it should be TWO Red Cards.
PLUS, the Citing team AFTERWARDS gave Warburton a Three Match Ban.
I get it - you are a Welsh/ New Zealand fanboy - but a little perspective here!
SA vs Ireland… John Smit talking to his team, the take a tap and score.
Great Video good video you missed MR Bryce Lawrence. South Africa vs Aus 2011 world cup quarterfinal.
It was Alain Rolland that sent Warburton off.
The New Zealand broadcaster hid the most egregious BOD tackle footage until years later
To the surprise of absolutely no one
I don't blame Wayne Barnes for missing the forward pass, it came after the All Blacks knocked on and the ball was speculated down the field. Barnes would have to be a world class sprinter to be in line with the pass. Same with the McAllister binning, from Barnes's angle it may have looked like a cynical block. But the thing I got angry about was him not penalising the French the entire second half for blatant illegal tactics at the ruck. He can't have missed them all.
Richie McCaw summed it up best, he said Barnes got so afraid of making a wrong decision in a such a big game, he just stopped making decisions.
As to your point on Barnes, he has been the best referee in World Rugby since that match - he clearly learnt from his mistakes.
You missed Marius Jooste ... the worst Saffa Export Eva.
Honourable mention to Wales vs England 2021. After a penalty had been awarded, the referee told Owen Farrell to go and talk to his players in a huddle. Whilst their backs were turned, the ref allowed Dan Biggar to take a quick tap and Wales scored from a crossfield kick. Something similar happened years before with Ireland vs SA I believe.
same ref had done the same 2 years earlier. I'd as a dis-honourable mention. Wales has some of the biggest whingers in rugby
Farrell was told to pass on the warning to the players. How long does it take to shout "No more penalties!"?
It isn't Wales' fault that Farrel was dumb enough to assume a penalty kick was coming and decided to have a team tactical meeting under the posts.
Correction, Wales has ONE of the biggest whingers in world rugby (Dan Bigger).
England on the other hand have Owen Farrell who winges even more and is dirty and hypocritical to boot.
Listen to Farrellmbeing and whiny bitch in the video below
m.ruclips.net/video/7SnMOd4EYXw/видео.html
Video showing how much of a hippocrit Farrell is
m.ruclips.net/video/QObSnzYvomI/видео.html
@@adamcarreras-neal4697 kinda proving the opposite here, that english fans will whine and throw racist/xenophobic remarks at any team that manages to beat them/get a ref call that doesn't go there way...
Wayne Barnes sucks I don't even know why he has such a decent reputation.
Pt. 2 should include Jonathan Kaplan‘s pitiful refereeing in Wales v Ireland 6N 2011. And yh esp. that controversial line-out winner near the end.
That was not Kaplan's fault. He asked the AR if the lineout was legit and the AR gave him the wrong information. 100% the AR's fault for that.
What about the "own try" incident?
New Zealand vs Lions
The Lions player is in the air going for the ball, when a flying thug in Black, hits him in the Air. Whatever happened thereafter doesn't matter. Clear and obvious Penalty to the Lions and a Potential Yellow card to the Black-clad Thug!
You need to learn the laws of the game. Read had eyes only on the ball and was competing fairly in the air. That is not a penalty and was definitely how it was ruled in 2017. Try another angle to attempt to avoid the absolute farce that followed. I’m just glad NZ fans and media collectively shrugged their shoulders, said terribly shit call, and moved on. Let’s all imagine how the UK and Ireland would have reacted, boot on the other foot.
"I guess she don't like the cornbread either". 🤫
I gotta say, you did a great job with the green-screen. You could barely tell.
It was Alain Rolland (not Poite) who sent off Warburton. Sure it ruined the game, but he applied the laws of the game as they stood. That’s a ref’s job. Antipodeans seem to have a problem with that concept (see reaction to any Kiwi being sent off - ever).
The refs job I agree is to interpret the laws and then enforce his/her interpretation of those laws.