Wayne barnes...?

Question

What did wayne barnes do wrong in the quarter final match with NZ verses France?

Answer 1

Wayne Barnes did miss some crucial calls for both teams in the Quarter final.  All Blacks were offside, whip wheeling the scrum, killing the ball.  French were also offside at rucks, hands in ruck, and the forward pass that led to a French try.  

The referee was under extreme amount of pressure in this game and he had to make calls as he saw them.

But there are still a small number of Kiwis out there in the cyberspace world who are much more vocal, and believe the Ref did play a major factor for our loss...and the media is feeding on this and blowing it way out of proportion.  Although it was a factor, it was not the deciding factor of why we lost.  Like many Kiwis we don't blame the Referee for the All Blacks losing.  Our team just did not play good enough, and France won because of their strong defense and resilient determination to win it.

  

At the end of the day a winning team wins regardless of whether the Refs calls are going for them or against them.

Answer 2

This is a answer that I wrote the day before kick off where i predicted both a french win and newzealanders blaming everybody and everything for their loss.

(best answer btw..)

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/ind...

Answer 3

Everything!!!! For a start he binned McAlister when he actually didn't do anything wrong! Then he "missed" two forward passes, one of which lead to France scoring a try! I don't know why he did this but my guess is that he knew England were through to the Semi's and realised that the team who won the game he was reffing would play England in the Semi's and obviously England had a better chance of winning against France than they did NZ!!

Answer 4

Played to the crowd (very biased in france favor), missed a crucial forward pass and sent McAlister to the bin when it was clearly not warranted. He is a c##t and so are the IRB for standing behind him, saying his performance was exeptional despite also admitting he made two mistakes. One good thing is he wont be there in 2011. He will not be welcome in NZ ever.

Answer 5

Nothing.... He reffed what he saw and thats all a ref can do.

The best side in the world should know when they were beaten on the day.and live with it.

Answer 6

everything.....too much celebrating the england game not enough concertrating. good on the french for taking advantage of him.

Answer 7

oh my goodness..... where have you been all week???

Let me guess you are not from NZ are you??? or you would have been all to familiar with what happen.

all that aside apart from his inexperience at top level rugby, not alot of whistle blowing went the ABs way and he missed a forward pass, all said and done his inexperience left much to be desired.

Im not saying it was WBs fault the ABs lost they know why they lost..... however it would've been very interesting had he been put on semis and final.....

Answer 8

How a guy with no experience can ref a quater final game in a world cup is beyond me.  The IRB ,and Paddy O'Brian are standing behind Wayne Barnes.  This man should be made accountalbe for his mistakes, after all he gets paid and if you get paid and make a big mistake, your boss isn't going to be happy.

I'm still wanting to know how McAlister was sinned binned when he turned to see where teh ball was going.  And how France were never penalised in the second half at the ruck and maul.

Answer 9

I thought he actually did a pretty good job. You will always miss a few things but most refs do. He was certainly very vocal and told both sides in English and French what and why he was calling what he saw.

It's a shame that many NZ fans can't respect Mr Barnes and let go of the loss. It was just one game that in time few people will remember, but everyone remembers when a nation behaves badly. Laying blame is a poor substitute to celebrating a hard fought win.

And nice to see Nonenzedder gloating. Mate you're a glutton for hate. What will you do now that the focus has finally shifted away from NZ?

You may have to start  posting some comments with a positive flavor! Oh dear how will you cope?

Answer 10

he was wearing a mask and forgot to cut eyeholes, he blew the whistle everytime the crowd did a big "awwww" If he was right the crowd would cheer if wrong the crowd would boo,

(thats how they train refs in england)

Answer 11

He cost us our game!! And we're still not over it!! He missed so many things! He knows New Zealand are good thats why he didnt want us playing against England, or England would have lost!!

I hate you Wayne Barnes!

I hope England loses!

We would have won!

Answer 12

He forgot to take his BSc tablets before the game, taking BSc pills reduces controversial calls by up to 80%, Use BSc. www.bodyscience.com.au