Refs for World Cup announced

Roomic Cube

RWC wrote:

RWC 2011 Selection

Referees:
Barnes, Wayne (RFU)
Poite, Romain (FFR)
Owens, Nigel (WRU)
Rolland, Alain (IRFU)
Walsh, Steve (ARU)
Lawrence, Bryce (NZRU)
Clancy, George (IRFU)
Kaplan, Jonathan (SARU)
Joubert, Craig (SARU)
Pearson, Dave (RFU)

Assistant Referees:
Garces, Jerome* (FFR)
Pollock, Chris* (NZRU)
McDowell, Simon (IRFU)
Munro, Vinny (NZRU)
Terheege, Stuart (RFU)
Hayes, Tim (WRU)
Damasco, Carlo (FIR)

TMOs:
Hughes, Graham (RFU)
Veldsman, Shaun (SARU)
De Santis, Giulio (FIR)
Goddard, Matt (ARU)

* Denotes Reserve Referees

The International Rugby Board has announced the Panel of match officials who will preside over the 48 matches at Rugby World Cup 2011 in New Zealand in September and October.

A streamlined Panel of 10 Referees will be supported by seven dedicated Assistant Referees and four Television Match Officials at Rugby’s showcase event.

The selection was made after a comprehensive review of refereeing performances by the IRB Match Official Selection Committee, chaired by IRB Council Member David Pickering, at its meeting in Dublin on Tuesday and Wednesday.

While the appointments for the 40 Pool matches will not be announced until August, the IRB can confirm that Ireland’s George Clancy, making his Rugby World Cup debut, will take charge of the opening match between hosts New Zealand and Tonga at Eden Park on September 9.

http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/mediazone/news/newsid=2042298.html#match+officials+selected+rwc+2011

corny

No Alan Lewis.

dave13

corny wrote: »

No Alan Lewis.

He had the temerity to give Richie McCaw a yellow card. He wasn't going to the world cup after that

Legion2008

Poite ... Oh dear ....

TheRevolution

corny wrote: »

No Alan Lewis.

Too old apparently.. We all know the real reason however.

Also its incredible how far Clancy has come. I remember people worried about him reffing an AIL game!

SomeFool

Legion2008 wrote: »

Poite ... Oh dear ....

+1 I hope he stays 100 miles away from us!

Roomic Cube

TheRevolution wrote: »

Too old apparently.. We all know the real reason however.

Also its incredible how far Clancy has come. I remember people worried about him reffing an AIL game!

Reffing New Zealand in New Zealand as your debut game! there's a start for ya :P

Monty Burnz

Wow, well done George Clancy. Happy to see him there, great achievement.

corny

TheRevolution wrote: »

Too old apparently.. We all know the real reason however.

Also its incredible how far Clancy has come. I remember people worried about him reffing an AIL game!

I wonder is that the official reason why Mark Lawrence isn't there either? He's a better referee than most of the 10.

whysomoody

Well done to Rollain and Clancy, great to see them get recognition - hope they cant ref the final though!

wicklowdub

Wonder when we get Wayne Barnes.

duckysauce

is there not still a bounty on Barnes head in NZ:p

freyners

duckysauce wrote: »

is there not still a bounty on Barnes head in NZ:p

www.waynebarnessucks.com
some beauties of photos on it

like this

or this

me thinks there will an interesting reaction to it in NZ

ormond lad

Poite!! Seriously!!!

Digifriendly

No Peter Allen?!

phog

TheRevolution wrote: »

Too old apparently.. We all know the real reason however.

Also its incredible how far Clancy has come. I remember people worried about him reffing an AIL game!

But he probably is a bit on the old side for an international, born in 1964 iirc. Better ref than some selected but he really does struggle to keep up with the game these days.

Great to see Clancy get the 1st game and hopefully an Irishman wont be able to get the last one

Donnielighto

He's a great ref but at some point it has to come to an end. If the refs don't treat NZ fairly I'm gonna go up as far as IRB headquarters and cause havoc, true story.

ormond lad

match official schedule has been announced. We have got Craig Joubert for 2 of the games, Bryce Lawrence for 1 and Jonathan Kaplan for the other

Monty Burnz

ormond lad wrote: »

match official schedule has been announced. We have got Craig Joubert for 2 of the games, Bryce Lawrence for 1 and Jonathan Kaplan for the other

All SH refs? That seems odd.

bamboozle

maybe he's improved but Clancy has always struck me as a shocking referee...scottish standard....

He's gotten considerably better in fairness to him. Obviously worked on his game.

Still would have him miles behind Alan Lewis, but seems like you piss off NZ you piss away your chances.

errlloyd

Steve Walsh, FFFFFUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

Legion2008

No Poite .... be thankful ....

endabob1

ormond lad wrote: »

match official schedule has been announced. We have got Craig Joubert for 2 of the games, Bryce Lawrence for 1 and Jonathan Kaplan for the other

Our dear friend Mr. Kaplan for the Italy game with his old mate Nick Mallett in charge of Italy, oh dear I sense another early exit.
On the plus side I won a cheeky 200 quid last time out betting on the group exit so will lump on it again