Henry says WCup loss was 'fixed'
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July 30, 2012, Monday
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FORMER All Blacks coach Graham Henry has revealed he suspected possible match-fixing in the All Blacks' shock 2007 World Cup loss to France but his plea for an investigation was rejected.
Henry's suspicions are revealed in advance excerpts from his soon-to-be released biography "Graham Henry: Final Word". In the book, he tells how he "briefly contemplated match-fixing as the only logical explanation" for the upset 18-20 loss to France in the 2007 World Cup quarterfinals, Fairfax Media reported yesterday.
Henry, who stepped down as All Blacks coach after guiding the team to win the 2011 World Cup, said he was stunned by the lopsided penalty count which heavily favored France.
He analyzed video of the game and in a report to the New Zealand Rugby Union he urged it to "pressure the International Rugby Board to institute an inquiry".
According to the biography, he believed the video "would confirm that referee Wayne Barnes and his touch judges, Jonathan Kaplan from South Africa and Tony Spreadbury from England, hadn't exactly covered themselves in glory at the Millennium Stadium, that they had missed an obvious forward pass when France scored its match-winning try..."
Henry's suspicions are revealed in advance excerpts from his soon-to-be released biography "Graham Henry: Final Word". In the book, he tells how he "briefly contemplated match-fixing as the only logical explanation" for the upset 18-20 loss to France in the 2007 World Cup quarterfinals, Fairfax Media reported yesterday.
Henry, who stepped down as All Blacks coach after guiding the team to win the 2011 World Cup, said he was stunned by the lopsided penalty count which heavily favored France.
He analyzed video of the game and in a report to the New Zealand Rugby Union he urged it to "pressure the International Rugby Board to institute an inquiry".
According to the biography, he believed the video "would confirm that referee Wayne Barnes and his touch judges, Jonathan Kaplan from South Africa and Tony Spreadbury from England, hadn't exactly covered themselves in glory at the Millennium Stadium, that they had missed an obvious forward pass when France scored its match-winning try..."
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