Was it the refs fault that NZ lost the rugby?

Question

Was it the refs fault that NZ lost the rugby?

Answer 1

***** oth it was sending mcalister off wat a load of bullshit!!!and the forword pass i mean *** on if the had not given them that illegal try they wound not have one for gods sake!!!

Answer 2

i think the ref wanted france to win.

hes not a good ref! he didnt have the right to send mcCalister off the field! and i cant believe he did not see the forward pass by the france team!

Answer 3

nooo it wasnt the ref he just forgot to take his eye patch that noone could see off! u know the eye patch that was blocking the french so he could only see the all blacks and all the baad things they were doing aand for about 2 seconds he must have thought he was in america reffing football the pass to michalak was jus a tiny 5 meters forward but hey!

Answer 4

Clearly the Ref had a shocker (huge forward pass) and all refs over react in situations like what McAlister unfortunately found himself in - a penalty maybe but no yellow card offense.

Having said that - if the ABs were the better team they should have put the French away, with all the possession they had (75%)

Answer 5

It wasnt only the refs fault but come on that pass was was so forward and he shouldnt of sent mcalister off. That pass was like obviously forward and the ref and the touch judges seen it but didnt say anything. The commentator said oh it happens.

Answer 6

d**n straight is was, the french was offside all the time, the forward pass, the sending off of luke, it was shocking...

Answer 7

Yes.  France are six nations champions and the third best team going into the world cup.  They are no walkover in any situation.  In testmatches of this magnitude, it is always going to be a tight affair.  The ref gave the Frenchies 17 points.  It's just ridiculous to expect the Allblacks to win against such a big disadvantage .  The cry that they should be able to win even if the refs goes against them is not valid.  They could have played better, but they did not deserve to lose and would not have lost had it not been for the bogus decisions.

Answer 8

Not at all jett (others may see it different) he is after all human! an idiot human lol (sorry had to put that in) non the less, the ABs are a runners taking it up the middle and passing it out to the wingers however that style of play was not consistant or evident and play was sporadic in the second half..... I could write a book about it instead I will leave it there simply put we were out played severly on the day!!

Answer 9

Get real cuzzie bro's!!!! McAllister deserved that yellow card, it was so blatant!!!!! If the tables had been turned & it was one of your precious boys in black on the receiving end, you'd all be calling for the card. If you say otherwise you're a liar....

Yes, the pass was WAAAYY forward; the ref probably wasn't in the right position to see it, but the touch judge should have picked it up.

Guess we're going to have the Kiwis go on about that for the next 4 years..........

Answer 10

I think he played a significant part in our loss....he was not qualified to ref a game of this caliber and he missed a heap.

2 significant things were the forward pass and the sendin off of mcaliister for a TRIVIAL thing...where were the touch judges??????? AND not sending off the French for the SAME thing later in the game.

Having said that the French played well and defended well and the AB's let it slip thru the fingers.

Answer 11

The Referee had a shocker. What game were the linesmen watching. Offsides in the rucks, the missed forward pass that none of them picked up. Sending off of McAlister was the beginning on the end. The French could do no wrong.....in the refs eyes. Courage and spirit was the difference? The English Ref and South African linesmen were the difference!

Answer 12

ref is partly to be blamed for the loss but that is no excuse! from how they played on sunday morning, france was the better team on the day.

Answer 13

HAHA. That REF was a joke. But this is funnier

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,225...

Answer 14

Nope! The All Blacks just lost their flair of running Rugby!

France was a better Team on the pitch that day.

Answer 15

not 100%..but he surely didnt help.

Answer 16

Common now! The AB's lost. Stop the blame game. You win some. you loose some. Are you from NZ?

Answer 17

From an Australian's perspective.

Yes it was the refs fault.

I'm sick of bad decisions costing good teams matches.

To all the people who say it's just a game - Don't you dare complain if the ref wrecks your teams chances.

If you play another team and your better, and you play better then you should win. If the ref sends your player off for ten minutes then HE is controling the outcome not the players.

I'm F********ing sick of these French players taking a soccer dive.  It is a hard physical game players get hurt - accidents happen. Luke Maccallister at worst deserved a penalty and at best deserved to slap that French pansy accross the face and tell him to play soccer. No one cares for the Allblacks because they are CLEARLY the best team in the world by miles and your teams don't have to face them. I don't think you can be the world champs if you haven't beaten them.

English fans will certainly be glad of their english ref.

Answer 18

I wouldn't say it was the refs fault that NZ lost the match, it was the fact that France scored more points than us.  What I would say about the referee is that he had a significant say in 17 of Frances points (7 from a try from a blatant forward pass and another 7 when McAlister was in the sin bin and 3 from the initial penalty on McAlister).  He then refused to penalise France who were offside at numerous breakdowns during the second half and thus denied NZ the chance to score through penalty shots at goal.  Some people are saying the AB's should have won anyway which means they should have won 'in spite' of the referee.  I agree with this however I don't think we should HAVE to win in spite of the referee.  In my opinion the best team didn't win, the winning team was the team that the referee allowed to get away with the most points from incorrect decisions.

Answer 19

it seems like it. in the end the forward pass was the only reason the french scored.

Answer 20

You're not from NZ..... I can tell.

There was a few calls that made you scream idiott, but then again there was similar idiot calls in the Australia and England game also.

At the end of the day you have to play to the ref.

Answer 21

I do not think so, since he also forget a forward pass in the ABs 22meters in first half just before the first try for New Zealand. I thought that us, French, were the only guys to put faults on refs when we loose but I can see that this is also wrong. I think that everybody forget that France won this match but could also loose it. I also think that when we support a team, we should also be with them when they loose.