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I for one hope that the TMO gets more empowered, not less. Fairness and fair outcomes are a critical thing to get right in professional sports, especially rugby with its complicated laws. It is clear that Barnes got four critical decisions wrong in that match and had to be corrected by the TMO (1 red card, 2 yellow cards and a knock-on try). Imagine how tarnished the rugby world cup would have been if those decisions weren’t identified and corrected by the TMO, assuming NZ then ended up winning that match.
My personal opinion is that NZ has been on the winning side when it comes to 50/50 refereeing decisions since NZ lost the 2007 QF to France and NZ rugby media decided to make an example of Wayne Barnes. I think the use of TMOs will course-correct this and NZ Rugby % winning ratio will drop by >5% and more likely 10-15% (from the high 80% to about 70-75%). If they play 10 matches a year and 40 matches between world cups, this will amount to an additional 4-6 rugby matches that they will lose between world cups.
I think this hysteria from NZ are much less about losing the world cup final and much more about the realization that if TMO gets more powers and referee mistakes continues to get corrected in real time, then their winning ratio will drop down to as low as 70%.
Want refereeing consistency? Take a look in the mirror
The penalties against Siya and Eben wer 😡
'Concede points there, they're done': Moment England missed to bury Springboks as ghosts of 2019 return
I like BOK very much, but it certainly felt like many of the decisions were coin toss decisions. As Bok fan, he gave many 50/50 decisions against us was my impression. Pieter-Steph du Toit was penalized was walking “backwards” even though he wasn’t looking 😔 . He gives each team enough to complain about.
Saying that, having the choice between BOK and Wayne Barnes in the final I will pick BOK any day (even though he is a NZer).
'Concede points there, they're done': Moment England missed to bury Springboks as ghosts of 2019 return
😂 As they say, when NZ/Aus do things its smart, when SA does same thing its cheating 😂
The Wrap: Why that was the All Blacks' greatest ever RWC win - but the road to fourth title is still a rough one
Rassie requested HIAs…. 😂 what a coach.
The Wrap: Why that was the All Blacks' greatest ever RWC win - but the road to fourth title is still a rough one
So nice to see how Eben has grown. He really understands the rules of the game. Knowing that he has to knock ball backwards prevent penalty try and yellow card was just astounding. Thats thinking under high pressure 👍
'Heartbroken': Springboks knock France out of RWC in dramatic, controversial QF as 'key moment' highlighted
I was really hoping for Ireland to win this tournament. France didnt do enough for me over last 4 years (besides just copying Rassie’s coaching innovations)
'Heartbroken': Springboks knock France out of RWC in dramatic, controversial QF as 'key moment' highlighted
The Bok players somehow knew they were going the win was my impression. France had the perfect start and yet I never had impression that Boks never panicking. Incredible.
Its like they knew the French were going to tire in last 20 min, which explain 5-3 bench. Also Eben yellow card meant he rested for 20 min ???? so he could play the whole game.
'Heartbroken': Springboks knock France out of RWC in dramatic, controversial QF as 'key moment' highlighted
Every kid will now try to charge down conversion kicks 🙂
'Heartbroken': Springboks knock France out of RWC in dramatic, controversial QF as 'key moment' highlighted
My guess is that the All Blacks got a little bad luck with Wayne Barnes as referee. A lot of them will be very unhappy come Monday. Wayne Barnes to me is like someone who is a very good SuperRugby player but one who just isn’t good enough to do play well in an international game of best-vs-best. I suspect Ireland will get all the big 50/50 calls going their way. Wayne Barnes blows for the home team (which Ireland is in my opinion). Ireland by 12 (6 points due to “home advantage points given by Wayne Barnes” and a further 6 because i believe they are 6 better than NZ).
COMPLETE RWC QF teams: Dupont returns, Boks make HUGE halves call, Borthwick picks his No.10, Semi back for Fiji
which serves to proof my point. He took the Aus role due to his hubris when he could have waited and then take any of the many open international roles that will open up after the world cup. If he hangs around for another 2 years in Australia then his international reputation will be truly dead. Eddie left the Reds in 2007 but his reputation only truly recovered in 2015 after Japan scored a try after the bell.
Eddie digs in as he flies home - AGAIN denying he wants to quit to coach Japan, while revealing next step
Who would want to coach the Wallabies against an Irish-led Lions team? Players lose a lot when they lose high-profile games but I think that high-profile coaches lose even more. Stuart Lancaster, Alistair Coetzee, Robbie Deans, John Mitchell. Alistair will always be the 55-0 coach, John the semi-final loss, etc. Jones worked very hard to rebuild his reputation after he was fired by RA and he did that when his Japan team beat South Africa …why would he be willing to throw that all away now? Jones is only one from that list of coaches who got to coach at the highest level again and with a major international team after being fired by RA.
Eddie digs in as he flies home - AGAIN denying he wants to quit to coach Japan, while revealing next step
I think it could also be as simple that Jones is finding him in a position where he now reports to Waugh and that’s one of drivers regarding why he wants to jump ship… 😂 Phil probably represents everything he dislikes about Australian rugby…a closed community where the top jobs always seems to go to one of the boys
Jones to return to Australia as Japanese reports link Wallabies coach as favourite to take over Brave Blossoms
For Against
3 min SA NZ yellow card Frizell
13 min SA NZ
16 min NZ SA
19 min SA NZ
28 min SA NZ yellow card Cane
34 min SA NZ
37 min NZ SA
48 min NZ SA yellow card Kolisi
51 min NZ SA
58 min NZ SA
73 min NZ SA yellow card Kolbe
SA 5 5
NZ 6 6
Penalty stats are fascinating: South Africa didn’t get a penalty from min 35 onwards. Also interesting that penalty to one side versus the other always came in sets (either 2 or 3 penalties in a row). Cant wait to get this human factor out of the game.
Want refereeing consistency? Take a look in the mirror