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Who is the referee for the World Cup final?

Wayne Barnes has refereed more than 100 international games It led to Barnes being voted the third most hated man in New Zealand after Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein, but the 44-year-old Gloucestershire ref has since established himself as perhaps the most prominent and popular on-field official in the sport. It is thought that he was lined up to […]

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Fans claim Mbonambi was speaking in Afrikaans after alleged slur

Was South Africa’s ‘white ****’ slur lost in translation? Springboks fans say Bongi Mbonambi was speaking in Afrikaans – and Google Translate shows they may have a case England star Tom Curry accused Bongi Mbonambi of calling him a ‘white ****’  World Rugby launched probe into alleged slur after England’s loss to Springboks  Some fans claimed Mbonambi was speaking in Afrikaans […]

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