Now they reward that shit Joubert with a medal...or is it a biscuit?
There were 30 blokes on that field that deserved a medal. And two assistant referees who probably deserved a medal.
But Craig Joubert was utter rubbish tonight.
What many including I thought that this game would be decided on the back of Joubert's whistle. In the end it was decided on the back of what Joubert didn't whistle. France had a game plan which relied heavily on Joubert's refereeing. The All Blacks had their own game plan which relied on swaying the ref. As someone earlier alluded to the game became just like Bryce Lawrence referees is. A messy ruck. But say what you want about Brycey at least he's consistent. Joubert missed countless penalties at the ruck. I don't know whether I've seen so many All Blacks players offside tonight.
His scrum refereeing was bewildering. France had the complete dominant scrum and they wanted to exploit that, however NZ showed that they couldn't sustain the hit. They folded like a cheap deck chair from Crazy Clarks. It was honestly absolutely ridiculous. Joubert just saw the ball could come out (eventually) and he didn't blow the penalty.
Just in general play, he missed high tackles and swinging arms. Only worth penalties. But he missed them. He missed knock ons as well.
Joubert will go down as a puppet of NZ after this game. I'm not saying he was biased. I'm saying he was weak, and he was fooled by a couple of forwards like McCaw and Kaino who will go down as the best Hollywood never had.
It's dissapointing to see Joubert who moved away from the type of game which the teams had been used to, and he moved into some sort of Bryce Lawrence type of game. I applaud Lawrence for consistency.
Reality is. France were the better team.
