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Quote:Ginger John
He's Irish with French parentage. He's a referee, it's his job.
He may have a fondness for things French. But he won't go out of his way to be biased against other sides.
It's not a problem he was okay and proved he could do the job.
Quote:phil_rich tea_now in leedsQuote:Ginger John
He's Irish with French parentage. He's a referee, it's his job.
He may have a fondness for things French. But he won't go out of his way to be biased against other sides.
It's not a problem he was okay and proved he could do the job.
Noone is saying he is biased, but he is put in a position which the IRB, ERC, whoever, should have enough common sense to realise is a conflict of interests. As a player, he was eligible to play for Ireland and France, and on that basis shouldn't be able to referee games involving France, or French teams. This came up during the world cup, and it comes up again.
Quote:kiwisarrie
...Do we know the parental nationality of every other top class ref? e.g. perhaps a ref has an English mother & a Scottish father or a Welsh father and Canadian mother....
Quote:kiwisarrie
Back to the Clermont game we lost because we were not good enough. Clermont were more street wise and played great rugby and took their chances. That is what Sarries have to aim for and we can do it....