Henry suspected match fixing after RWC 07 exit
29 Jul 2012
Graham Henry believes the All Blacks were victims of match fixing during the 20-18 quarter-final loss to France in the 2007 World Cup.
In his biography, ‘Graham Henry Final Word’, Henry revealed that he contemplated match-fixing as the only logical explanation for the All Blacks’ upset 20-18 loss to Les Bleus.
Henry analysed the game on video for his report to the NZRU and found Barnes had awarded only two penalties to New Zealand during the game. His analysis was that France deserved to be penalised up to 40 times.
His gut feeling, according to his biography, was that the video ‘would confirm that referee Wayne Barnes and his touch judges, Jonathan Kaplan from South Africa and Tony Spreadbury from England, hadn’t exactly covered themselves in glory at the Millennium Stadium, that they had missed an obvious forward pass when France scored its match-winning try – a pass so forward everyone in the stadium had witnessed it except the referee – and that Barnes had been pretty lenient on the French at the breakdowns, probably costing the All Blacks the game’.
Henry’s video had three different angles and featured statistical breakdowns of lineouts, scrums, penalties, tackle counts, territory and possession. On those statistics, the All Blacks dominated. They had an overwhelming 73% territorial advantage, winning 166 rucks to France’s 42 and making only 73 tackles compared with France’s 331.
A mind-boggled Henry was so stunned by his findings, he told the NZRU it should pressure the IRB to institute an inquiry. He also said it was ‘incomprehensible’ that the IRB did not have strategies in place to investigate bizarre matches.
The NZRU chose not to push for an investigation.
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29 Jul 2012, 09:44 am
Joke Article.
CTRLC – CTRLV
Thanks Supersport
29 Jul 2012, 09:46 am
So 5 years ago
29 Jul 2012, 09:50 am
Hahaha, yeah right Ted
Faa king whinger !
29 Jul 2012, 10:09 am
This should get him some publicity in SA. Sales of his book to soar
29 Jul 2012, 10:48 am
What a load of tripe. The more skilled, more physical, more astute, more talented All Blacks just could not win. They were a far better team and just didn’t do enough to win. It’s a similar situation with SA vs AUS. Boks should have killed Aussie dead but couldn’t capitalise, despite Lawrence’s poor reffing. All Blacks, with all the **** they got from Wayne Barnes, should have had it in them to have won the game and they just didn’t.
29 Jul 2012, 10:50 am
Wottacock. His AB’s, with their Crusaders-style ruck defense involving two or three offsides forwards at every breakdown, are as deserving of an IRB investigation as this match. They got away with it week in, week out for years, and now he’s moaning about one game? And besides, the general consensus world wide is that Bryce’s SA/Aus abomination was the low point of rugby officiating in the modern era. Not the Great Choke in 2007. So suck it up, Graham. And find a proper angle with which to sell you book.
29 Jul 2012, 11:12 am
Holiha
Bleating kiwis anybody?
Priceless.
A shame a distinguished coach has to s.hit his pants in public like this.
Guess he needs to sell his book.
29 Jul 2012, 11:14 am
Ha! Funny thing is the they barely beat the french in the wc final in nz….that must have been fixed to!!
29 Jul 2012, 11:24 am
@ossewa-8:
That’s all it takes mate, 1 point is enough.
Fact is Barnes had an absolute shocker in this game, but who cares, it’s done and dusted.
29 Jul 2012, 11:30 am
How ironic that the country that gave the world POB should start crying about match fixing.
Rich indeed.
Foie gras rich.
29 Jul 2012, 12:46 pm
Ted will one day sit among angels.
Barnsie will **** among demons.
And as for you lot…………………………………………..Hell would be too good for you.
29 Jul 2012, 12:49 pm
I’m convinced the Chiefs/Crusaders semi was fixed too. I mean, Joubert blew McCaw up for ruck infringements. Surely that’s not in line with the IRB rules? I want an investigation.
29 Jul 2012, 12:50 pm
Yep only explanation could be match-fixing in 2007, Suzie in 95, a butterfly farted in siberia in 99 and there were political troubles in Liberia in 2003.
29 Jul 2012, 12:57 pm
Match fixing? He must have latest RWC final in mind.
29 Jul 2012, 13:08 pm
@cab-13:
95 was a new low in Sports Depravity.
True.
29 Jul 2012, 13:20 pm
@cane-15: Lemme guess, the world’s best caddie, Steve Williams, was also cheated out of the Open Championship caddie title by that dirty Saffa?
29 Jul 2012, 13:24 pm
@>^..^< katman-16:
You calling Ernie a dirty Saffa????
The Big Easy is a giant of the game.
I congratulated him here.
A more gracious sportsman, SA has never seen.
29 Jul 2012, 13:26 pm
I whole-heartedly agree with Graham Henry.
There NEEDS to be a proper system of appeal and review during- and after rugby matches to ensure that the referee doesn’t become a 16th player.
There have been FAR too many potentially brilliant matches marred by incorrect decisions and missed/ignored errors, many of which could have simply been corrected in-game if the TMO’s authority was expanded.
It’s about time!
It
29 Jul 2012, 13:27 pm
is
29 Jul 2012, 13:35 pm
cane 15 – sacriledge.
Titty – where is steggies these days? When are u playing for the bulls again?
29 Jul 2012, 13:42 pm
@cab-20:
Building a fire, Cabby, building a fire.
I’m not gonna be playing for the Bulls any time soon man, I’m too stuffed-up for that by now.
29 Jul 2012, 13:51 pm
larf
29 Jul 2012, 13:52 pm
barf
29 Jul 2012, 13:52 pm
Victims one year beneficiaries the next. What an absolute Jackass!
29 Jul 2012, 13:52 pm
****
29 Jul 2012, 13:56 pm
f a r t
29 Jul 2012, 14:00 pm
@cane-17: What about Uli Schmidt….are you nuts…….
29 Jul 2012, 14:02 pm
” ‘incomprehensible’ that the IRB did not have strategies in place to investigate bizarre matches.”
hahahahaha
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hahahaha
is there a single game the cheats play which isn’t ‘bizarre’..?..
love their obstructive blocking, holding on, pinning down, offsides, entering rucks from the sides…on and on ad nauseum….
i suppose it is bizarre they sometimes are called out on it
29 Jul 2012, 14:04 pm
I’m waiting for the all those accusing Lawrence of corruption to come on here and agree with Henry. Where are the hordes?
29 Jul 2012, 14:07 pm
@KWAGGA ROBERTSE-27:
“Doktor Schmidt, jou pasiente wag daar vir jou in die voorry” :p
29 Jul 2012, 14:19 pm
@gonzo-29: Bryce se ma se epos man
29 Jul 2012, 14:22 pm
How ironic, Pieter de Villiers could say the exact same thing about the Boks 2011 Quarter final exit. Those Wobblies were pummelled to pieces and kept going backwards and backwards, yet no penalties to the Boks and Pocock was an absolute angel…
29 Jul 2012, 15:07 pm
I like to think that Bryce Lawrence was just incredibly incompetent, and well, maybe just a bit keen to see the boks out of the WC, but hopefully not corrupt. If we sart get corruption and match fixing in rugby then it isn’t worth watching. I honestly don’t believe that international refs are accepting bribes to blow games one way or the other.
29 Jul 2012, 15:23 pm
@mako-33: I’d say, as he was referee of the year, that he was made to blow the game like that.
A stitch up through and through.
29 Jul 2012, 15:26 pm
Can’t believe Henry would go there and ignore 177 French tackles – given that Barnes makes a big mistake per game and the 2011 Final at Eden Park was the most disgraceful piece of referee cheating the world has ever seen; that it was reffed by a South African is neither here nor there – would Henry care to comment on that ruck in kickable distance in the closing minutes where there were FOUR penalizable Kiwi offences – that’s right, FOUR in the one ruck ignored by the ref who even told Jerome Keino, lying on his stomach playing the ball to let go of it – and all the rest of it in the other games – Henry is out of order to write that.
29 Jul 2012, 15:30 pm
@J.B. Cowper-35:
No, that was 76′ at Ellis Park – ” listen boys you can go back to your own country I have to live here”
29 Jul 2012, 15:34 pm
@NZINCHINA-36: “get those jarpies’ email, circa 2005. Bryce’s daddy… no more proof needed who the cheat is
29 Jul 2012, 15:36 pm
“The referee who awarded that penalty [against Bush] came and saw us off from the airport the following day,” Williams remembers. “We had him on about not only that decision but a lot of them he made throughout the tour.
“He said to us, ‘listen boys, you can go to your home, I have to live here’.
“I wasn’t aware at the time that Billy was targeted but generally the decisions went against us because apartheid was at its height back then and the Afrikaaner nation had to be seen to be superior.”
They certainly couldn’t lose to a side that contained Maori.
29 Jul 2012, 15:37 pm
No intelligence here. The opening paragraph is a lie and borders on libel. Read what Lord Ted actually said..
The Israeli is still an awful referee and the worst tj of all time.. Constantly flags non-events to get on TV and generally robs rugby of fair contests. Was the siren introduced because of his incompetence or partiality?
As for Barnes, why he didn’t stay at the Bar, eludes me. The Bokke should have lost two games in the pool during the 2007 Cup, but were saved by his refereeing.
This RWC 2007 will live in infamy as a sus tournament, along with 1985 where the visitors were clearly seen to spew their hearts out at the breaks.
As for 2011, are you telling me that if you had beaten Oz you could have given the AB’s a contest? You barely beat their B team at home. The Wannabes beat you three times in one year.
Winning has become much more difficult for the Bokke since neutral referees were introduced. For South Africans to complain about referees is a bit galling after the hospitality of South Africa in times prior to neutral referees. You were so scared of NZ you would not allow some of their stars to tour and your referees were appalling.
Much of the ignorance above is clearly countered by anyone with a knowledge of the rules. As SA continues to disbelieve the worth of the fetcher and then whinges when the opposition produces one, I have no sympathy for you. Get a life, a fetcher, and like the Shorks, an intelligent coach!
29 Jul 2012, 15:38 pm
@goyougoodthing2-34:
Nah, I don’t think the Kiwi’s would resort to cheating to win the WC. They are good enough to win it fair and square. Brycie got the ref of the year award because there was nobody else to give it to. When Steve Walsh left NZ for Aus, there were no more international quality refs in NZ. A bit of an embarrasment having your ref of the year last year being dropped from the elite panel this year…
29 Jul 2012, 15:40 pm
So JB the worst piece(s) of reffing were in SA in 76′.
29 Jul 2012, 15:42 pm
1949?
29 Jul 2012, 15:44 pm
@mako-40: I beg to disagree.
@AiDoc-39: Yes, I am saying that the Boks would have beaten the chokers in the final, no doubt in my mind.
Pretty irresponsible of the so called Sir Graham, clearly a cry baby at heart.
Both titles are in the past, like his career.
29 Jul 2012, 15:48 pm
Ref bashing after games is a pointless exersize, it isn’t going to change the result. Teams need to adapt to the ref’s interpretation of the rules on the day. Teams that do that best will win. Sure there will always be times when we feel hard done by eg 2011 semi, or 2007 NZ/FR game. No question the refs should be made to answere for shocking performances and they are. Look at Bryce, back to reffing schoolboy rugger…
29 Jul 2012, 15:52 pm
@mako-44: Indeed. To be quite honest, I don’t think either ‘cheated’ but their performances were terrible.
It’s just nice winding people up.
29 Jul 2012, 16:00 pm
@goyougoodthing2-45: He he, you got that right!
29 Jul 2012, 16:06 pm
@mako-46: It’s quite easy, things not to say, in no particular order:
To Kiwis:
Anything about Ritchie laying offside, Crusaders in general, Sir Graham, 1995
To Saffas:
More complicated, it depends which province they support
Sharks: are mercenaries
Bulls: hide under their mother’s skirts
WP: haven’t won a cup
‘Stralians:
Pretty much everything but much more fun when Gregan was around
29 Jul 2012, 16:30 pm
@J.B. Cowper-35:
It looks like ‘Sir Graham’ old age caught up with him, he must have mixed up year 2007 with 2011
Disgraceful indeed it was the 2011 refereeing of Joubert, heir apparent to Tapa Henning, Andre Watson, and that Gert Bezuidenhuit from 1976.
Two of the ABs tries in 2007 exit came actually from double forward passes by McAllister and Carter, a fact which that “wagon load of ******* screaming and yelling” as Phil Kearns once describe them failed to acknowledge
29 Jul 2012, 20:16 pm
He should do an analysis of the 2011 Final and see how many penalties France were not awarded which NZ should have been penalized on..
29 Jul 2012, 20:30 pm
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