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<blockquote data-quote="bw245" data-source="post: 714702" data-attributes="member: 71935">Alain Rolland for me was the best ref. He was not afraid to make calls, was bilingual, and was respectful to players. Numerous times he has stopped a game because he worried about a certain player, and always checked with the medics. I still believe his call against Warburton was excellent. I remember watching the pundits afterwards, and their comments were crazy. &quot;His legs just happened to go above his head&quot;, &quot;these things happen&quot;. I don&#039;t believe for a second that Sam had malicious intent, he&#039;s one of my favourite Welsh players, but it was a dangerous tackle and Rolland was right. He had to abide by the rules which he did, and others probably wouldn&#039;t have done. Rolland was criticised because other tackles like Warbs hadnt gotten a red, but that&#039;s why Rolland was good, cause he wasn&#039;t afraid. (Still think Wales deserved to win that match, they were unlucky).Speaking of bilingual refs, should there be more of them? I speak italian and a bit of french as well and always feel for the Italians and French when they&#039;re reffed in english. I&#039;m not the biggest Barnes fan but the fact he made the effort to speak French in the ireland France game was great.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bw245, post: 714702, member: 71935"] Alain Rolland for me was the best ref. He was not afraid to make calls, was bilingual, and was respectful to players. Numerous times he has stopped a game because he worried about a certain player, and always checked with the medics. I still believe his call against Warburton was excellent. I remember watching the pundits afterwards, and their comments were crazy. "His legs just happened to go above his head", "these things happen". I don't believe for a second that Sam had malicious intent, he's one of my favourite Welsh players, but it was a dangerous tackle and Rolland was right. He had to abide by the rules which he did, and others probably wouldn't have done. Rolland was criticised because other tackles like Warbs hadnt gotten a red, but that's why Rolland was good, cause he wasn't afraid. (Still think Wales deserved to win that match, they were unlucky). Speaking of bilingual refs, should there be more of them? I speak italian and a bit of french as well and always feel for the Italians and French when they're reffed in english. I'm not the biggest Barnes fan but the fact he made the effort to speak French in the ireland France game was great. [/QUOTE]

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