Alain 'Colm Pierre' Rolland - Was he neutral?

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Was it right that a half Irish half Frenchman was put in charge of a RWC semi final between Wales and France seeing as Wales dumped Ireland out of the RWC?

Was he neutral? or was there some jiggery pokery going on.

...dropped from a height!

How subjective is that! It is proven that the taller you are the less you estimate comparative height differences.i.e. a short ref will think that a height is greater than a tall ref.
How tall is Rolland anyway?

Ban short refs!

In reality I don't think height comes into it all that much. Humans are only so tall - its not like its gonna be a 7 foot drop to the ground.

But was he the right man for the job?

And the goldfish swims around and around in the goldfish bowl....hello look at that nice bowl.....around he goes.....hello look at that nice bowl.....around he goes....hello....

But was he the right man for the job?

Several Facebook groups have been set up for fans to vent their fury at Irishman Rolland for his handling of the loss to France, with one gaining more than 8,000 followers.

Messages were left warning ‘Public enemy No 1’ Rolland never to referee a game in Wales again, while some Welsh fans were warning they would be looking out for him at the ports of Holyhead and Fishguard on his journeys to Ireland.

One fan said: ‘We keep a welcome in the hillside for everyone – but not for Alain Rolland. He cost us the game. Feelings are running very high here in Wales right now – I wouldn’t want to be in Rolland’s shoes.’

Even first minister of Wales Carwyn Jones joined the protest by saying Warburton should never have been sent off but the International Rugby Board backed Rolland by banning the 23-year-old flanker for three weeks for a ‘dangerous dip tackle’ on Vincent Clerc.

World Cup bosses were under fire for appointing Rolland to referee the game because of his strong French links.

His father is French, he has family in France, he speaks the language fluently and is a regular visitor to the country.

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Get Portnoy to forward this complaint to Ofcom, my viewing was spoilt by it.

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I bet some of you are on the anti Rolland facebook page.