IRB gives Bryce the boot
24 Mar 2012
Bryce Lawrence has been axed from the IRB referees panel, while Paddy O’Brien will step down as IRB referee manager and focus on sevens.
Lawrence, New Zealand’s Referee of the Year in 2011, was abysmal in the Boks’ World Cup quarter-final against the Wallabies, allowing a free for all at the breakdown. He has failed to make the IRB referees panel for the June Tests.
The Boks’ matches against England will be blown by Kiwi-turned-Aussie Steve Walsh (Durban and PE) and Ireland’s Alain Rolland (Joburg).
Meanwhile, the IRB said that as part of its ongoing review process and commitment to ensuring consistency and that the best referees are selected on form to officiate in the biggest matches in the run up to the 2015 World Cup, it was introducing a restructured and more streamlined selection process overseen by a vastly experienced committee.
The committee, which includes former elite referees Lyndon Bray, Tappe Henning (both Sanzar), Donal Courtney and Clayton Thomas (both Six Nations), will now meet four times a year and make selections for the next international window with all performances reviewed as part of the next round of international selections.
The IRB said that as part of the restructure, O’Brien ‘has chosen to take on a new challenge’ by focusing on sevens rugby. The process for replacing the New Zealander will be announced in due course.
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24 Mar 2012, 14:42 pm
@cane(cane)-48:
lol
Justice is coming Caner, when Brycie kneels down and gets the tap on the shoulder from the Queen,grasping the sword, nothing better.
24 Mar 2012, 14:44 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-49:
wow i totally understood that last part of your post.
Keep it up, there hope for you yet.
24 Mar 2012, 14:45 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-51: Let me rewrite that sentence for you to make it entirely appropriate:
Justice is cumming, sheepshagger, when Brycie kneels down and gets a tap on the shoulder from a queen, grasping his sword… nothing better
24 Mar 2012, 14:46 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-52: Ye bro…
24 Mar 2012, 14:46 pm
@grant10(grant100)-50:
yes, its a funny thing those earthquakes, that would teach us.
we should have let you guys carry on abusing human rights and then we would not have had any earthquakes…..oh well nevermind, we have the RWC now, you dont
24 Mar 2012, 14:48 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-53:
lol
HG, i told you not to write on here when you are sexually frustrated.
24 Mar 2012, 14:49 pm
hurricane, then qhy do you guys go play cricket in Zimbabwe if it is a human rights “thing”? and why do you guys let Zim play in NZ? Not the same if you know there is a 90% chance that you can lose against the other team hey?
24 Mar 2012, 14:50 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-53:
Hey Pigsy is back.
24 Mar 2012, 14:52 pm
@grant10(grant100)-57:
Hey, you guys live closer to Zim, sort it out, its happening in your backyard.
Disgusting really.
24 Mar 2012, 14:52 pm
@grant10(grant100)-57:
“qhy do you guys go play cricket in Zimbabwe if it is a human rights “thing”? and why do you guys let Zim play in NZ”.
Lets get down to the real issue here Grant100.
Why don’t you get yourself a REAL NIK.
24 Mar 2012, 14:53 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-56: @cane(cane)-58: Go new ZEE-lun-duhrs… Go Bryce and Paddy… The real winners of the Rigby Wihld Cip
24 Mar 2012, 14:54 pm
The only sword Brycie is going to see is Paddy’s pork sword.
And the only person who will ever call him Sir will be the arresting officer from the IRB anti-corruption unit.
Caner is right about one thing though, I fear licksbokpricks might be one of ours.
Oh well nobody is perfect.
24 Mar 2012, 15:43 pm
Gunther where you was yesterday
24 Mar 2012, 16:18 pm
Did you not get my mail?
I believe you left a laconic note for me.
I had a care package lined up for you!
24 Mar 2012, 16:21 pm
I wasn’t at work to receive your mail!
S the only time I had to come around!
24 Mar 2012, 16:22 pm
I’m sure when I leave town your establishment would be long closed!
24 Mar 2012, 16:23 pm
@cane(cane)-42: that was definitely not the best rugby world cup ever! the standard was extremely low from pretty much everybody including New Zealand. yes France were beaten twice however they also lost to Tonga! the Argentina side of 2007 could have won that tournament.
24 Mar 2012, 16:28 pm
Ahhhhhh. You should have asked the girl there to phone me.
Come on sat.
Speak to Tara.
Remind me during the week and I will leave instructions for her.
24 Mar 2012, 17:55 pm
Justice at last Good riddance
Clearly as a result of the disgraceful performance in the world cup handing the Aussies the win in quarter final
It was clear to the whole world that he favoring the Aussies at the breakdown and did not apply the rules which basically was cheating
24 Mar 2012, 18:32 pm
Well it doesn’t matter now – Bryce has done his job – Paddy’s satisfied so mission accomplished. NZ referee of the year has got to be the biggest admission or recognition for pleasing a nation.
24 Mar 2012, 19:50 pm
Lawrence got what he deserved no more no less he is a terrible rugby referee.
24 Mar 2012, 21:41 pm
Surprised this news has got so little response – NZ referee of the year is booted off the panel- Paddy finally steps (or gets booted??) – watch this space – where there’s smoke there’s fire – and the flames are gonna burn those who thought they could get away with manipulating results to favour one nation.
24 Mar 2012, 21:53 pm
Title should read: “Bryce get’s done for match-fixing.”
24 Mar 2012, 22:38 pm
@Todd W(Todd W)-6: C’mon — the Boks dodged BOTH the Wallabies and All Blacks en route to RWC2007 and gloated for four years. They were walloped by both these teams in the 2011 3N and came stone last (again, as usual). And they blame a ref for their QF exit? Puh-leeze! The last time they won a test at Eden Park was 1937, when Danie Craven was the scrumhalf!
24 Mar 2012, 23:15 pm
Of course Bryce is terrible, screwed BILs big time. Or he was good guy because Saffas won?
Ref is as good as his last game with Boks, I guess.
24 Mar 2012, 23:19 pm
@TheTackler(TheTackler)-74: “C’mon — the Boks dodged BOTH the Wallabies and All Blacks en route to RWC2007 and gloated for four years.”
Or rather lectured like “take it like men”, “grow a pair”, “stop whingeing”, “don’t be like little girls” etc. etc. and etc. Never thought karma will hit back next time exactly the same way.
25 Mar 2012, 01:43 am
@dquinn25(dquinn25)-67:
wow sort of puts evertything in perspective. If Argentina of 2007 could have won it,makes Boks of 2011 not getting out of the QFs pathetic really.
@garth(garth)-73:
Should read.
” Bryce steps down as life threatened from sore losers”
25 Mar 2012, 01:44 am
@Nils(Nils)-76: True however the Boks played England twice won 51-6 aggragate and that flattered England! England beat Australia! NZ lost to France who lost to England. Point being they beat teams that Aus and NZ got beaten by. Does anyone really think the 2007 Aus team would have beaten the Boks in that cup? I doubt it. Finally the Boks strolled through that world cup in 2nd/3rd gear and won. NZ should have not lost to France not because of a forward pass but because they were simply the better team, but as usual they played the weakest teams at the world cup in the pool stages and as a result werent prepared for a real test when it finally came, oh and McCallisters try was a forward pass also.the Boks of 2011 deserved to go out simply because they couldnt beat a poor Aus team with arguably the best squad at the competition.
25 Mar 2012, 01:51 am
@dquinn25(dquinn25)-78:
Well you seem confused.
You say a poor Ozzie team havnt OZ beaten the Boks 6 out of the last 7 games?
Reality is the Boks were poor and Ozzie are the better team.
25 Mar 2012, 01:52 am
@dquinn25(dquinn25)-78:
And the Boks had the best squad in the tournament???
lol its the same squad that won wooden spoon in 2011 tri nations.
25 Mar 2012, 03:44 am
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-80: Best squad doesnt always equal the best team,but the team was poorly managed
25 Mar 2012, 03:46 am
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-77: I agree you ***, the 07argentinian side would have beaten the 2011 Boks no problem. But they would also have had it in them to beat the aus and NZ team of 2011, the standard was piss poor in 2011
25 Mar 2012, 03:49 am
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-55:
I’d place a little more store on your (that is, NZ’s) human rights stance if your guys (and Aus) stopped licking China’s behind, gatkruiping anything Chinese because it helps your economies.
China’s human rights abuses, from Mao to the present, make South Africa’s insignificant (yes, there were human rights abuses in South Africa, no-one is denying that).
But please, spare me the indignation when you and your ANZAC pals across the ditch have no problem snuggling up with the worst human rights abuser the world has known…andn that abuse continues to this very day. You happily trade with China, enjoy diplomatic ties, send you athletes to the Beijing Olympics, host Chinese teams, the list is endless.
You see, it’s easy when the offender doesn’t have a material impact on your economy, quite a different matter when it does. Hypocrisy is what level-headed people call it.
Another word is expediency…and expedience is always devoid of morality.
So get off you wonky high horse, please.
25 Mar 2012, 07:32 am
Paddy has clearly been booted too.
“Chosen to take on the new challenge” of sevens is the IRB equivalent of going from foreign minister to minister for homewares and furnishings.
25 Mar 2012, 07:58 am
@Joe Maher(Joe Maher)-83:
oh so it seems you had a go at my post but let go post # 50.
Show your true colours Joe.
I for one dont sit back on a comp and joyfully comment about some countries national disaster and joke about it. Good to see you approve of those things, now we know where we stand.
25 Mar 2012, 08:02 am
@dquinn25(dquinn25)-82:
Well there is always a first i suppose for Argentina to beat us.
But seems a bit far fetched really , seen as Scotland just lost to Argentina by 5 points in 2007 RWC. Suppose Scotland would have taken care of the Boks ,OZ and NZ as well?
25 Mar 2012, 08:39 am
I think NZ Rugby lost a lot of respect when they gave Lawrence the Referee of the Year Award. Although I do think the Boks should have been able to win that Quarter Final regardless of his incompetence, the fact remains that he is hopelessly out of his depth at international (and even Super Rugby) level. That seems to be the opinion of most impartial observers anyway. Not dishonest, but just not good enough either.
25 Mar 2012, 10:23 am
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-85:
Hurricane, for the record, I believe grant10′s comments about the NZ earthquakes are in extremely poor taste and I neither support nor condone them.
Similarly, his racist comments about ‘samoan/fiji cannibal players’ are equally out of line and should be condemned by all sane people.
Now that we’ve cleared that, how about responding to the points I made in 83?
25 Mar 2012, 10:28 am
WHO cares if the whinging Yappies “lost respect” because of Bryce.
When youve got no respect to give, noone notices it when youve lost it.
25 Mar 2012, 13:20 pm
@niknaks(niknaks)-87: Maybe in RSA but i doubt anyone in any other country knows or cares. I doubt anyone even remembers who the referee of the year was in any previous year. Most countries prefer to focus on the players, coaches, teams, not referees
25 Mar 2012, 14:01 pm
Prickboks. Still incoherent I see.
25 Mar 2012, 14:55 pm
The world is full of surprises…there’s an individual even more incoherent, even more brainlessly stupid, than the award-winning journo named Ryan Vrede.
And his/her name is…Prickboks going south.
A literary gem, old Prickboks. Take a bow!
25 Mar 2012, 16:29 pm
@PrickBoks going South(PrickBoks going South)-89:
How’s the home schooling coming along?
‘youve’ is you’ve and ‘noone’ is no one.
25 Mar 2012, 21:31 pm
I’ve noticed both Barnes and Kaplan were axed too
The two best Test referees IMO
Kaplan is not popular with England and Australia, Barnes is not approved by NZ, SA, Ireland and Wales, so it seemed some different criteria were applied
Walsh is a joke, to call him ‘Elite Referee’ sounds peculiar
25 Mar 2012, 23:03 pm
@Shark(Predawn)-93:
you must have a very small brain.
smaller, even, than the average whinging Yappie.
26 Mar 2012, 02:03 am
Hey Prikbok
Just because walked in to find you mother being boned by a large Afrikaner when you were a kid, don’t hate us all. Think of it this way, she LOVED it! So, pick up where you left off before the trauma and go back to school…
26 Mar 2012, 02:21 am
@niknaks(niknaks)-96:
funny being ticked off here for alleged errors of grammar
and then you turning up
26 Mar 2012, 02:26 am
@PrickBoks going South(PrickBoks going South)-97:
Nope, you were ticked off for being a moron.
And I was here the whole time…
26 Mar 2012, 04:54 am
Paddy & Bryce ,good riddance.Those two have ripped off many a good team.
26 Mar 2012, 04:55 am
@niknaks(niknaks)-98:
admitting to turning up to hang out with morons is at least progress, in your case.
but hardly the least of your concerns.
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