France vs Springboks

[taniwharugby]

@Stargazer nah, looked like he made the movement to me.

[Toddy]

Barnes spotted a forward pass

[taniwharugby]

@Toddy the call supposedly came from his AR, no replay given though

[pakman]

Feel like reffing has screwed game since the 70.

[antipodean]

@taniwharugby said in France vs Springboks:

@Toddy the call supposedly came from his AR, no replay given though

Yes, you can see the AR tell Barnes, and it was thrown forward because Le Roux had almost no forward momentum.

[taniwharugby]

Barnes does so well so often, but also seems to miss some real straight forward stuff too.

France take it

[The Irishman]

What a game. Well done France. Hard luck once again SA.

[MiketheSnow]

@Toddy said in France vs Springboks:

Barnes spotted a forward pass

That wasn’t

Must have failed physics in school

[ACT Crusader]

Crazy match.

56 points and 3 cards. That’s rugby in 2022.

[taniwharugby]

@ACT-Crusader the sad thing, for the future of rugby, is that one remained a good game despite the RCs

[Tordah]

Exciting game, RC for Post Stress Disorder Traumatic well deserved, the Frenchie's was accidental but they are RCs nowadays. Good fight, surely France have to be WC favourites now.

[Dan54]

Geez I enjoyed that game, Proper test match. I actually think both teams would be reasonably happy, Boks held on down at 14 men, and came back when numbers evened up, YC probably the nail in coffin. French were pretty good and generally went well I thought.

[ARHS]

Found that very frustrating. Wayne Barnes did his best but not sure he got good support from the rest of his team. Looked like a double movement to me. 2 reds is very disappointing. Game becoming a bit of a lottery.

[chimoaus]

So, France are now at 12 wins in a row, pretty impressive considering the teams they have played in that run. Are they a chance at beating the record and winning the World Cup?

[Stargazer]

(Click on the twitter bird to go to the original tweet to see a bigger pic)

It wasn't only PSDT; he and Damian de Allende both having brain farts.

https://twitter.com/steve_l15/status/1591525311812104192

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https://twitter.com/steve_l15/status/1591539355939897344

[Stargazer]

Lots of whingeing about the ref on social media; then RugbyPass posts this.

https://twitter.com/RugbyPass/status/1591558965418422273

[Stargazer]

It's become so pathetic, that they've had to lock the Wikipedia page about Wayne Barnes (editing no longer possible) because of all the text vandalism: abusive edits etc.

[Steve]

That PSTD red card is a fucking joke. This sport has gone to the fucking dogs.

He is trying to stand up and his own player pushes him into the ruck for god sake.

The World Cup is going to be wheel of fortune.

[Steve]

@ARHS said in France vs Springboks:

Found that very frustrating. Wayne Barnes did his best but not sure he got good support from the rest of his team. Looked like a double movement to me. 2 reds is very disappointing. Game becoming a bit of a lottery.

Rugby is in a bad place at the moment and it is affecting all teams. (except the Irish)

[Steve]

Wayne Barnes is a dice roll of a ref.