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Referee change confirmed for England and South Africa semi-final
By Josh Raisey
Referee Mathieu Raynal is set to replace Andrew Brace as an assistant referee in tomorrow’s World Cup semi-final clash between South Africa and England at the Stade de France.
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The Frenchman officiated England’s win over Fiji last Saturday at the Stade Velodrome in Marseille and comes in after Brace pulled a calf muscle this week.
Officiating Team
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe (New Zealand)
Assistant referee 1: Mathieu Raynal (France)
Assistant referee 2: Paul Williams (New Zealand)
TMO: Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)
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The weather was dreadful but the playing surface was great so there is no real excuse for such another poor standard of play from both sides. Dragons just the better team. But, what a shocking decision by the TMO not to award the Fifita try. This pretty much sums up Welsh rugby with poor teams and poor officials. The WRU have a lot of work to do and it needs to be done quickly to avoid rugby being lost to our future generations.
Go to commentsNo chance of Borthwick selecting any young talent. He announced his selection policy from the outset with naming a poor OF as Captain, retaining an equally poor Youngs and Vunipola brothers when there were many better EQP in the Premiership. SB revival of Leicester was based on SA muscle and a terrific Welsh flanker he has generally ignored young English talent.
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