In his column in the Dominion Post, France Bunce offers some support for under-fire referee Wayne Barnes.
"I'm backing Wayne Barnes.
"The English referee always gets a lot of coverage in New Zealand because of what happened in that quarterfinal game in 2007 and he became the main talking point out of Wales' 17-16 loss to South Africa on Sunday night.
"But I thought Barnes had a good game, although he did miss a forward pass when Toby Faletau scored his try for Wales.
The kick that never was from James Hook certainly isn't all his fault. The assistant referees Vinny Munro and George Clancy should have been a lot more proactive in what happened."
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