Match-fixing and refereeing fiascos in sport

If we’re going to discuss match-fixing, let’s also talk about refereeing fiascos.

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18th August, 2012

If HM Bateman were still alive, he might make Sir Graham Henry the subject of one of his famous cartoons in which obscure etiquette transforms an indiscretion into a hideous gaffe. Just as the man who threw a snowball at St Moritz outraged upper-class regulars who prized the Swiss resort’s sedate exclusivity, so Henry’s speculation about match-fixing at the World Cup got rugby people in a censorious froth. It’s hardly the first time a losing coach has made an inflammatory allegation. Match-fixing cropped up in former South African coach Pieter de Villiers’s seemingly neverending bleat ...

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