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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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As any Paris shop owner will tell you, an alluring storefront can be everything paymaya
In this beautiful old city, the public are spoilt for choice, chic spots and souvenir shops abundant along the narrow streets and grand boulevards paymaya
A bit of glitz and glamour in an attractive aperture can be the difference paymaya between a passing glance and a bustling boutique paymaya
And so the Rugby World Cup reaches its day of greatest shop window prominence, hoping to dazzle with a Stade de France showpiece contest paymaya between two great rivals paymaya
On Saturday, South Africa and New Zealand will battle to lift the Webb Ellis Cup for a record fourth time, the etcher at the ready though unlikely to be able to start their work too soon with two such evenly-matched, if radically different, sides paymaya
You could hardly have a more enticing game to sell the sport paymaya
The eyes of the world will be watching; this encounter has every chance of enchanting them paymaya
“This is what World Cup finals are about,” Ian Foster, New Zealand’s head coach, said this week paymaya
“I don’t think there’s ever a small one paymaya
“The fact is we have two teams who have been old foes for a long time paymaya
We all remember the last final paymaya between us [in 1995], which was an epic, and hopefully this one will be the same paymaya
We’ve got three World Cups each and someone is going to win four paymaya
It’s a special occasion, isn’t it?”A match of such magnitude and potential magnificence comes at the end of a momentous week for rugby union paymaya
On Tuesday, World Rugby’s council narrowly gave the go-ahead to grand plans that will reshape international men’s rugby union paymaya
From 2026, gone, largely, will be traditional tours, replaced by a two-tiered structure that will provide consistent, meaningful and contextualised rugby for the world’s top 24 nations paymaya
RecommendedStuart Hogg column: New Zealand’s wingers terrify me! They can make the difference in the World Cup finalHow the incredible Barrett brothers rejuvenated the All BlacksBeloved vs unloved: Contrasting captains Kolisi and Cane collide in Rugby World Cup finalThe merits of the plans will be debated but many sensible characters are encouraged by signs of progress paymaya
There is a need for more equal sharing of wealth and greater support for emergent unions, though there are at least steps in the right direction even amidst a lack of clarity paymaya
Certainly, the implementation of a global calendar should aid in reducing the infighting that has so often held this sport back paymaya
The buoyancy of the rugby television rights market remains to be seen but there is hope at World Rugby, the Six Nations and Sanzaar that the new competition - yet to be officially titled but tagged the “Nations Championship” - will prove an attractive proposition for broadcasters at a time where the sport needs to swell revenue paymaya
It can be forgotten that rugby is young professionally, its economy a frontier market paymaya
There is a general acceptance that great missteps were made in the establishment of the structures that have defined the last 28 years, and a more cohesive, collaborative and joined-up approach is required to build sustainably henceforth paymaya
If, at times, rugby could be accused of swaying to capitalist whims, this is surely a time for a left-ward shift as it evolves paymaya
Hosts France were knocked out after an epic quarter-final against South Africa (Adam Davy/PA) (PA Wire)“This is a quantum leap forward for the game,” said Bill Beaumont, World Rugby’s chairman, this week paymaya
“"It’s fitting that we finish this, the sport’s greatest celebration of togetherness, with the sport’s greatest feat of togetherness, the most significant development in the sport since the game went professional paymaya
"A new era is about to begin for our sport paymaya
An era that will bring certainty and opportunity for all paymaya
An era that will support the many, not the few and an era that will supercharge the development of the sport beyond its traditional and often self-imposed boundaries paymaya
”The rugby landscape come the next men’s tournament in Australia in four years’ time could look very different paymaya
The World Cup itself, meanwhile, is similarly evolving, an expansion to 24 teams and six pools necessitating a new model, with World Rugby considering basing the four sides in each group around a single city paymaya
This is the last time that the host nation will take responsibility for the organisation of the tournament, with the sport’s governing body assuming greater control paymaya
It is not beyond the bounds of possibility that the next four years could also see the introduction of a reduced tackle height law to the professional game, with it already in place in recreational rugby in many parts of the world paymaya
But there are also concerns over the financial sustainability of the sport, at club level particularly paymaya
All of England, Wales, Australia and New Zealand have concerns over what the future holds for their domestic games – this may be a great final, and may have been a great tournament, but it would be wrong to ignore the broader ill health of the sport paymaya
Brodie Retallick, Samuel Whitelock and Luke Jacobson of New Zealand prepare for a scrum (Getty Images)If this is the end of an era, there could be no more fitting way to finish paymaya
South Africa and New Zealand have forged a defining rivalry, three World Cup crowns apiece making Saturday’s encounter a chase for number four and the outright men’s record paymaya
Their last meeting in a final, that historic day in 1995, ushered in rugby union’s professional age; this game might be the start of another epoch paymaya
If there is a slight disappointment that neither Ireland nor, particularly, France did not make it here given the manner in which they seemed to be building to a quadrennial crescendo, these are the two great men’s rugby sides, whose players and fans embody contrasting but colourful cultures paymaya
On the pitch, it should be spectacular, too paymaya
These are two teams that represent the stylistic diversity that so often proves rugby’s strength paymaya
To describe it simply as South Africa’s forward might against the All Blacks’ brilliant backs would be to diminish the rounded nature of two fine sides, but there is no doubt that these great rivals approach the game from alternative perspectives paymaya
Kurt-Lee Arendse passes the ball watched by Cheslin Kolbe (Getty Images)And, as with any showpiece like this, the storylines are innumerable paymaya
Take the men in charge paymaya
For South Africa, Rassie Erasmus and Jacques Nienaber, considering every detail like Rodin’s Thinker, could become the most decorated pair in tournament history if they repeat their 2019 victory paymaya
For Ian Foster in the opposite coaching box, meanwhile, this triumph would be testament to the tenacity and toughness of a man who so nearly lost his job last year paymaya
Who would begrudge Sam Whitelock, the old warhorse of the All Blacks pack, going out on his shield with a third World Cup winners’ medal? Or what about Siya Kolisi, the boy from a township on the Eastern Cape who became the defining figure of a golden rugby generation, joining Richie McCaw as the only captains to lift the Webb Ellis Cup twice? This could be one of the great rugby days paymaya
"I don’t think it’s stuff that you can dream about because it doesn’t happen often,” said Kolisi ahead of the final paymaya
“I don’t think it will happen in our lifetime again to have two teams like this paymaya
We’ve prepared as hard as we can paymaya
We know what to expect paymaya
I don’t think as a player it will ever get any bigger paymaya
” Beauden Barrett runs with the ball (Getty Images)More aboutSouth Africa rugbyNew Zealand rugbyRugby World CupWorld RugbySpringboksAll BlacksSiya KolisiRassie ErasmusIan FosterJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments1/5Spectacular All Blacks v Springboks final will launch rugby’s new eraSpectacular All Blacks v Springboks final will launch rugby’s new eraHosts France were knocked out after an epic quarter-final against South Africa (Adam Davy/PA)PA WireSpectacular All Blacks v Springboks final will launch rugby’s new eraBrodie Retallick, Samuel Whitelock and Luke Jacobson of New Zealand prepare for a scrumGetty ImagesSpectacular All Blacks v Springboks final will launch rugby’s new eraKurt-Lee Arendse passes the ball watched by Cheslin KolbeGetty ImagesSpectacular All Blacks v Springboks final will launch rugby’s new eraBeauden Barrett runs with the ballGetty ImagesSpectacular All Blacks v Springboks final will launch rugby’s new eraMark Telea of New Zealand breaks through South Africa in the last meeting paymaya between the sides in August at TwickenhamGetty Images✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today paymaya
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