Ref named for Wales’ World Cup quarter-final against Argentina
South African Jaco Peyper controls his 50th Test match when he takes charge of Wales against Argentina in Marseille on Saturday.
Wayne Barnes will referee Ireland’s Rugby World Cup quarter-final clash against New Zealand in Paris on Saturday.
It is a record fourth quarter-final appointment for the 44-year-old Englishman, taking him ahead of Nigel Owens, Jim Fleming and Derek Bevan.
And England’s last-eight appointment with Fiji on Sunday will be refereed by Frenchman Mathieu Raynal, with New Zealander Ben O’Keeffe in the middle for France versus South Africa.
“It was a very difficult selection as the performance level has been high,” World Rugby’s high performance 15s match officials manager Joel Jutge said.
“There is a strong culture within this group.”
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Sadly I have to say that the officials have been very inconsistent with hat is causing major issues for the teams. A ruck sometimes is penalized in 50 milliseconds or 3 seconds when opponents grab the ball. Not straight balls on lines are never charged and high tackle when carrier put the head down is always tackler fault and yellow card. one more, hard clean up and players flying over the ruck seems to to ok while it is one of the most dangerous plays. im sorry but i disagree with the comment of hight quality officials performance. and more… Read more »