Referees for Championship announced

[Jenko]

http://www.planet-rugby.co.za/story/0,25883,3821_7875444,00.html

Barnes back in favour

 

[Leeedwards22]

Im disappointed GG has only got one AR appointment, i personally think he deserved more. Also surprised to see JP hasnt got a single appointment

 

[Robert Burns]

GG has 2 appointments as AR, both in SA.

 

[Simon Thomas]

This is a well balanced set of appointments, and a good balance between experience and development.

GG has done well with 2 AR appointments, why should JPD feature ?

WB was never out of favour, just a different set of development priorities in the short term.

 

[Robert Burns]

Will these games be played under the new or old Laws?

Just that the NH Refs will be used to using new laws, but in SH these laws are not supposed to come in until Jan.

 

[Robert Burns]

Also, does the fact that Alain Rolland has 3 games represent that he is considered the best in the world at the moment?

 

[Robert Burns]

And the Wiki has been update to represent these appointments.

 

[Leeedwards22]

Must have missed GG second appointment, sorry guys. I think JPD deserves a least one appointment as an AR as in my opinion he had a good JWC so that is why I think he should feature.

 

[OB..]

Is there a formal panel list these days, or are we just inferring it from the appointments?

 

[andyscott]

WB was never out of favour, just a different set of development priorities in the short term.

Hmm thats one view, another is WB was out of favour

 

[Pinky]

OB, the last time the IRB did publish a "panel" list, but that was the first for a while. They don't seem to have published a "panel" list this time (yet)

 

[OB..]

Hmm thats one view, another is WB was out of favour

And in the absence of official information, how do you decide? Or, perhaps more importantly, why do you choose to make a firm decision?

 

[Simon Thomas]

Hmm thats one view, another is WB was out of favour

My view is based on direct conversations with some of the people involved - please do continue to speculate and rumour-monger that WB was 'out of favour' (whatever that may actually mean, with whom and for whatever reason.)

 

[andyscott]

My view is based on direct conversations with some of the people involved - please do continue to speculate and rumour-monger that WB was 'out of favour' (whatever that may actually mean, with whom and for whatever reason.)

No its not rumour monger, for what its worth, its not my view Never said it was. People will continue to make judgements and have views based on what they know at the time, is that wrong, no its just their view which they are entitled to have IMO.

 

[OB..]

No its not rumour monger, for what its worth, its not my view Never said it was. People will continue to make judgements and have views based on what they know at the time, is that wrong, no its just their view which they are entitled to have IMO.

I see it more often as jumping to conclusions.

 

[ddjamo]

Im disappointed GG has only got one AR appointment, i personally think he deserved more. Also surprised to see JP hasnt got a single appointment

why? because he botched two rc's, couldn't keep the baby blacks onside, let the pillars up past the last foot almost every breakdown and had a very marginal match in the u20 final?

 

[Drift]

Is there a formal panel list these days, or are we just inferring it from the appointments?

Here is the panel (in the order I think it is ranked as)
1 Joubert
2 Walsh
3 Owens
4 Rolland
5 Poite
6 Peyper
7 Clancy
8 Barnes


Pollock is out after having hip surgery and Garces has been dropped.

 

[Account Deleted]

I really can't see Clancy as being worth that group.