Barnes appointment for World Cup final an acid test for whether refs have 'forgiven' Boks
In a tournament punctuated by not one but two one-point victories in the knockout stages, the greatest miracle of the Springboks' Rugby World Cup campaign has been the fact that they can't point to one refereeing decision having lost them a match.
Just a year ago, the world champions were on rugby officialdom's unofficial s**t list, thanks to national director of rugby Rassie Erasmus' penchant for settling scores around what he deemed dubious officiating calls with snarky posts on X. Relations with referees and the game's governing body were at an all-time low, with Erasmus banished to a two-match ban not long after returning from a 12-month stint on the sidelines for supposedly publicly leaking a video meant for World Rugby, in which he was criticising Australian referee Nic Berry during the British and Irish Lions series.South Africans need to be in the know if we want to create a prosperous future.
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