The All Blacks have lodged an official complaint with World Rugby over gripes with officiating during the World Cup final.
Wayne Barnes, who is the most experienced referee in World Rugby, was in charge of this past weekend’s emotionally charged World Cup final.
Upon review, though, it appears that the All Blacks have flagged other concerns in an official complaint sent to World Rugby. The Barnes family were all in attendance for the final in Paris, but his wife has suggested the occasion was overshadowed by the abuse Wayne had received over social media through Instagram and to an email address used for enquiries.
During the final 10 minutes, several other decisions went the way of France, which included a marginal Willie le Roux pass having been adjudicated to have gone forward. Erasmus continued to share tweets around this game that were deemed to be unfairly critical of officials, and ultimately led to him being banned for the final two matches of the end-of-year tour.Barnes later opened up about the turmoil endured, and admitted he even considered retiring at one stage after his children even became the subjects of threats and abuse. podcast, Barnes opened up about the shocking abuse that was sent to him, and the threats to his wife and children.
“That takes it to a different level. When you’ve done 100 games, you think you can prepare for most things. You can’t prepare for that…
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