Boks’ Loss Predetermined? Tim Noakes Calls for Probe
South Africa’s foremost sports expert, Tim Noakes, has called for an investigation into the South Africa vs Australia Rugby World Cup quarter final which, he argues, seems to have been “predetermined”. According to Noakes, it is the duty of the International Rugby Board to provide a report accounting for the actions of referee Bryce Lawrence who failed to issue a number of penalties during the match. Said Noakes: “I think an injustice has been done and South Africa as a nation deserves the truth.”
A prominent sports professor has challenged the International Rugby Board (IRB) to launch an investigation into the Rugby World Cup quarter-final between South Africa and Australia, saying the match was “bent” with a “predetermined outcome before kick- off”.
Professor Tim Noakes, head of the University of Cape Town’s Exercise and Sports Science Department, said in a hard-hitting interview that it was the IRB’s duty to provide a detailed response on the actions of referee Bryce Lawrence, who failed to issue a number of penalties in Sunday’s match.
Noakes said he did not want to sensationalise anything but the South African public needed to know the truth about what lay behind the lack of decision by Lawrence.
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- Challenging Beliefs: Memoirs of a Career by Tim Noakes, with Michael Vlismas
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