MAY SAW the World Rugby Match Officials Selection Committee announce the team of officials for the World Cup in France.
Twenty-six officials have been selected and, with 453 Tests between the 12 referees, they are an experienced group – although Wayne Barnes, in his fifth World Cup, accounts for 102 of those.
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