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World Rugby admits three referee errors went against Ireland in loss to Japan

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NZ Herald

World Rugby has admitted that officials made three incorrect penalty calls in Ireland’s shock loss to Japan in Shizuoka on Saturday.

Ireland coach Joe Schmidt had expressed concerns about referee Angus Gardner prior to the game, referring back to his side’s clash against Wales in March, and again lamented the officiating after the Japan defeat.

Schmidt pointed to a number of “very tough” offside calls against his team, adding that “it’s not too dissimilar to the last time we had this referee”.

Ireland have since sought clarification from World Rugby on a few controversial decisions and Schmidt revealed that they received confirmation from the governing body that three of the four offside calls given against his side were “incorrect”.

However, two of the three incorrect calls came from assistant referee Jerome Garces, who it turns out will be officiating Ireland’s third World Cup match against Russia.

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Schmidt admitted that it was “frustrating” to be on the receiving end of those incorrect calls.

“We certainly learned that we’re capable. In that first 20 minutes, to be 12-3 up, I think we demonstrated that,” Schmidt said. “We did put ourselves on the back foot – and partly went onto the back foot.

“We were penalised for offside four times and we’ve now got the feedback that three of those were incorrect calls. People were asking us about our discipline.

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“It’s pretty hard to keep getting off the line and onto the front foot when you are getting those calls. Two of them were from an AR (assistant referee – Garces) who is going to be refereeing us on Thursday, so we know we’re going to have to be on our best behaviour.

“One thing I would say about this team is that they try to go out and deliver and, generally speaking, it’s unusual for us to have a higher penalty count than our opponents. So it’s frustrating.

“I thought Wayne [Barnes] did a super job (in Ireland v Scotland).

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“I know that talking to Gregor [Townsend], they (Scotland) were happy with how Wayne went in the first game as well. That’s our fault if we were on the wrong side of the penalty count there but I do think we’ve got to try to look after that as best we can.”

Despite his frustrations, Schmidt didn’t take anything away from Japan.

“We’ve got to make sure that we don’t become passive in a game to an opposition that are playing in front of their home crowd. You’d have to be really impressed with the way Japan got themselves back into the game.

“If it wasn’t us that lost the game, I’d say, ‘Wow, that’s fantastic for the tournament.’ Everywhere we’ve gone, the Japanese people have been incredibly excited about the game.

“They’re delighted with us, obviously, and I think loads of interest has been spiked by that.”

This article first appeared in nzherald.co.nz and was republished with permission.

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takata 1 hour ago
Can Les Bleus avoid a Black-wash in New Zealand?

Lost on the theory of why it would benefit a WC as well.

Where did I develop a theory about something benefiting the WC as well?!

It’s me lost 😊


I’m fully aware that French International players participation into Top 14, European Cups & 6 Nations will hinder their preparation for a WC. Its nothing new. Galthié & Co also noted that everything didn’t go the way it was planned in 2020 when he took over the national team. They had made detailed projections for players experience, number of caps, etc. that weren’t realistic in the long run to 2023 WC.


As for player welfare, since 2020, they have asked their players’ clubs to record and give them full data access to some set of metrics they had defined together concerning more than 120 targeted players (form U20 to senior players). Meanwhile, they were also frequently interviewing them in order to control their psychological state and motivation.


So I’m not particularly worried about Galthié’s ability to precisely know the real condition, mental & physical, of anyone he’s going to select to play for the team. From my humble level of observation, what I would guess about his current strategy, taking into account all those realistic limitations (game time, wellness, etc.) he is facing, is that he is trying to replicate for the national team what the clubs are doing in Top 14, in particular Toulouse (and now Bordeaux as well) since many seasons:


- drill as many quality players, as young as possible, to the core game plan and don’t build your team around individualities; then rotate players depending on who’s available for the day and keep the system flowing.

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IkeaBoy 2 hours ago
Can Les Bleus avoid a Black-wash in New Zealand?

Forgive me, I meant BILLIONAIRES.


Altrad (Montpellier), Lorenzetti (Racing 92) & Wild (Stade Francais) have a combined NET worth of more than €10 billion! Altrad even gets to kit sponsor the national team despite the conflict of interest that would bring.


They are all cash cows as teams who go some length without winning major trophies still yield huge returns on the money their owners pump into them. The prize money is of little consequence even to serial winners. Any time they need a cash injection, they just hit up an investment partner.


Fiducial – the largest private shareholder in the league - has a 12% interest in Toulouse. They wouldn’t have to pay much in to get a cut of the €700 million broadcast deal, the bulk of which goes to the Top 14.  


Dupont – the league and indeed the games poster boy – is the product of rural dairy farmers rather fittingly as he is milked. His salary is a fraction of what he generates for his club, his country and for the sport.  Cash cow. And now recovering from his second major injury in as many years.


The clubs certainly don’t mess about when it comes to pumping money into the game but look at it in inflation terms.  It’s never at a higher rate year on year than the increase in their TV and broadcast deals. 


The club game has always been France’s priority. They got kicked out of the 5 Nations for almost 15 years because they paid players to play the game at club level despite its amateur status at the time. They were so very resistant to the eventual professionalism of the game. And openly so.


Their former Vichy government quite literally banned rugby league as a sport to clear the way for rugby union!


It’s a great league to watch and well supported but it’s a money league.  If you are going to mix metaphors and compare sports it’s not the French soccer league but the Saudi oil leagues that is a better comparison.  That’s what the Top 14 is in relative terms.


A lot of their current dealings around salary caps are shady. Proper shady. It was only a couple of seasons ago when Jaminet was ‘loaned’ 450K as a disguised payment to buy out his own contract to then move clubs. Interest free as well…

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