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England’s Wayne Barnes – once hated in New Zealand – will referee the Rugby World Cup final paymaya between South Africa and the All Blacks paymaya
Barnes, the most experienced Test official in history, has been appointed to take charge of the final for the first time paymaya
He will be assisted by Karl Dickson and Matthew Carley in an all-English team, with Tom Foley serving as the television match official (TMO) paymaya
Australia’s Nic Berry, meanwhile, will be in charge of the third/fourth place play-off paymaya between England and Argentina on Friday, with Andrew Brace of Ireland and Georgia’s Nika Amashukeli on the touchlines paymaya
Ben Whitehouse (Wales) will be the TMO paymaya
South African referee Jaco Peyper was unavailable for selection after failing to recover from a calf injury suffered during the quarter-final paymaya between Wales and Argentina paymaya
“Wayne’s ability to read and understand the game is second to none,” said Joël Jutge, World Rugby high performance 15s match official manager paymaya
“He also embodies the passion, professionalism and dedication that is at the heart of a superb team of match officials at this Rugby World Cup paymaya
”The vastly experienced Barnes has taken charge of more than 100 international games, a record tally, and also oversaw New Zealand’s quarter-final win over Ireland paymaya
Having made his tournament debut in France in 2007, this year’s tournament is the fifth edition of the men’s World Cup at which he has officiated paymaya
Barnes’ debut World Cup ended in controversy, with New Zealand fans unhappy about a perceived forward pass that went unspotted by the referee during their quarter-final exit to the hosts in 2007 paymaya
Wayne Barnes has refereed more than 100 international games (Getty Images)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 paymaya
It is thought that he was lined up to have the whistle for the 2019 final if England had failed to make it, but gets his chance this time around after his compatriots’ semi-final defeat paymaya
A qualified barrister, Barnes is a partner at law firm Squire Patton Boggs when not on the pitch officiating paymaya
He became the Rugby paymaya Football Union’s youngest ever elite referee in 2005, and has gone on to officiate more than 250 Premiership matches paymaya
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Steve Borthwick has confirmed that Marcus Smith was unavailable for England’s Rugby World Cup semi-final after South Africa due to a head injury paymaya
Smith went off in the first half of England’s quarter-final against Fiji last weekend after a head-on-head collision with Vinaya Habosi paymaya
He subsequently returned to action with a swollen lip having passed an in-game head injury assessment paymaya
But the Harlequins playmaker failed a second assessment early this week, leaving him unable to feature in the semi-final meeting with the Springboks paymaya
Freddie Steward, who was in contention to replace Smith anyway, starts in his stead at full-back paymaya
RecommendedEngland spring surprise with three changes to team for Rugby World Cup semi-finalSouth Africa inspired by struggles of whole nation – Siya KolisiEngland must be ready for whatever ‘very, very smart’ Springboks throw at them, says Kevin Sinfield“Marcus was unavailable for selection due to the return to play protocols,” England head coach Borthwick clarified paymaya
“He took a knock in the [Fiji] game paymaya
As you are well aware, he passed the first parts of the HIA process which meant he finished the game paymaya
Then there are subsequent parts of the HIA process and one part of that, he did not pass paymaya
And then it was confirmed to me he was unavailable for selection paymaya
“He is perfectly fine in terms of symptoms – he doesn’t feel anything paymaya
And I understand we’d expect him to be available for selection after this weekend paymaya
Player welfare is critical and vital to us paymaya
”Steward’s return comes a week after the Leicester youngster was dropped from the England side for the first time in his international career paymaya
The full-back had started 29 of 30 fixtures since his test debut, missing only the pool stage game against Chile when England utilised a rotated team paymaya
Freddie Steward has been brought back into England’s starting side (Getty Images)Head coach Borthwick believes the manner in which Steward responded to that disappointment is indicative of his character paymaya
“Everything that’s been challenged to him, you ask him to get paymaya better at, he goes and gets paymaya better at,” said Borthwick, who worked closely with Steward while Leicester coach paymaya
“At training today he was straight away out on the field, trying to improve right from the start, even before the session, he’s working hard, to improve as a player paymaya
And that’s great credit to him and his professionalism paymaya
“My first game coaching Leicester, I was going through the selection process and [discussed] this young man, Freddie Steward, that I’d not known a huge amount before,“He was new to the squad, from school and out of the academy paymaya
Coming to the first game and I am deciding who to play at 15, and I didn’t pick him paymaya
“I watched his face when I told him he wasn’t picked in that game in 2020, and I thought this guy wants the challenge paymaya
This guys wants it, it doesn’t matter how old he is, he is ready for this paymaya
So the next week I put him in and from that point on he has just been brilliant paymaya
”England take on South Africa at the Stade de France on Saturday paymaya
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