Referee

[Dai 55]

what a terrible error the poxy ref made ruined a game were we would have smashed the frogs,yellow card yes but sending off pathetic should have beaten them with 14 men but Wales done us proud for all the fans who travelled over the ref has taken history away from you i hope he comes out and explaines his error,just a shocking shocking joke,

[chow]

Totally agree Dai.

Wales were robbed,the tackle was a sin bin offence not a red card.
the ref needs to explain his call.
but the boys did so well with a man down,
well done to Wales..

[Braz]

Robbed by an Irish Ref again!!! The Lads Played Well only to be robbed by a Stupid Poxy Official, yet again. Why can't the Ref situation be sorted out. If the F#k up then dont use them in a big game again. Braz. Extrtemely Pis#e# Off, weekend ruined. Suppose I'll have to have a few Jars to drown out the pain.

[Owen W]

I am an entertainer
And I sing for charity,
For Oxfam and for Shelter,
For those worse off than me.

Bangladesh, Barnardo's Homes,
And though I don't get paid
It does one good to do some work
For things like Christian Aid.

But of all the concerts that I've done
For the homeless overseas
The one I did that pleased me most
Was not for refugees.

'Twas for a home in Ireland
That stands amongst the trees,
The Sunshine Home in Dublin
For blind Irish Referees!

..........as Max Boyce would say!

Owen W........shocked and saddened

[Alun Cleaver]

It was not a bad decision, it was a deliberate decisionby a half French half Irish match official who has a history of doing down Wales. It was not however why we lost. We lost because Rhys Priestland was injured, Adam Jones got injured, wannabe Hook was a disaster and (seen betterdays) Jones refused to get into the pocket and have a go

[keithwill38]

Alun and of course you forgot to mention the kick we did not score with

[Dai 55]

Alun it was a shocker and of course it cost us the game we went down to 14 men even though we almost won we would have won by 20 points with 15 now Wharburton has had a 3 week ban PATHETIC

[keithwill38]

It did not help only having 14 men,but add to that the rubbish lineout again,the missed kicks and of course the 3 penalties that France did kick

[jcj]

We are starting to look like a Nation of whingers, ok the red card was a harsh decision and no doubt we would have won if it had been a yellow.But the ref was sticking to the letter of the law and to say he was biased etc is totally wrong. If it had been Wayne Barnes I think the outcome would have been the same, also how would we have reacted if a French player had been sent off for the same offence? We had enough chances to win that game even without Wharburton.In my humble opinion what did for us was
· The missed kicks.
· Losing Adam Jones.
· Hook having a poor game.
· Stephan Jones not getting in the pocket to bang a drop over.
I also believe the RWC organisers should take more care of who refs which game to avoid any poo traps that may occur e.g. Look at the stick that Nigel Owens faced after the Samoa game.

[Bob Lloyd]

Reminded me of 16 Feb 1980 when England beat Wales 9-8 at Twickenham. Another Irish referee (Burnett) sent off Paul Ringer for 'brushing off the England fly half's (Horton) mascara'! Wales scored two tries then but try only worth 4 pts. Wales woud have won by today's score.
Anyway cheer up the world knows that France were not the 2nd best (or best) team in the tournament. True measure of best team in the world is IRB rankings and ABs have been first for many a year.
Finally without referees there are no games. They are only human, and I don't think we really want to go to the TMO all the time. Perhaps the IRB are at fault - would they have appointed a referee for that match who claimed to be Irish but had a Welsh name, a Welsh father and spoke Welsh. I doubt it! Refs for the S-F should have been the other way round.