PETER JACKSON
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW
Decisive action: Scott Barrett is shown the red card by Jerome Garces
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Ten players from Tier One nations have been sent off in Tests since the end of the last World Cup, almost all of them by a trio of French referees.
Jerome Garces, Pascal Gauzere and Mathieu Raynal issued eight of those red cards. All three will take charge of critical Pool matches in Japan from next weekend as part of a 12-man elite panel under renewed instruction to enforce the zero-tolerance policy towards those deemed guilty of dangerous tackles.
That t...
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