Wayne Barnes meets me in the plush, muffled eighth-floor offices of the top City law firm where he works as a criminal barrister: offices which offer the starkest possible contrast to the muddy ...

England’s loss is Wayne Barnes’ gain. The most experienced referee in test history will control the Rugby World Cup final between New Zealand and South Africa on Saturday in Paris. Barnes has refereed ...

England’s Wayne Barnes is one of the officials at the 2023 Rugby World Cup. The vastly-experienced referee has taken charge of more than 100 international games, a record tally. Having made his ...

England’s Wayne Barnes is one of the officials at the 2023 Rugby World Cup. The vastly-experienced referee has taken charge of more than 100 international games, a record tally. Having made his ...

Wayne Barnes is well versed in how the two lives of a rugby referee often collide. His current boss – in rugby terms at least – is Tony Spreadbury, who worked as a paramedic in his earlier days ...

Wayne Barnes has helped launch the first representative body for high-performance match officials in the same week that the record-breaking rugby referee revealed the extent of abuse received by ...

Record-setting English referee Wayne Barnes announced Thursday that he was calling time on his career, five days after officiating in the Rugby World Cup final. "People often say you will know when it ...

He asked William whether or not the prince had ever shouted at him while he was refereeing a Welsh rugby match. Sign up for the top news stories every day to keep you informed with what's going on in ...

Former international referee Wayne Barnes has delivered his verdict on the Jac Morgan incident that defined the second Test between the Lions and the Wallabies in Melbourne - saying the on-field ...

Retired referee Wayne Barnes has given his verdict on the hotly debated Jac Morgan clear-out in the lead-up to Hugo Keenan’s series-clinching try for the British and Irish Lions. The Wallabies were on ...

Oct 23 (Reuters) - England’s Wayne Barnes, the most experienced referee in history with 110 tests, will officiate Saturday’s World Cup final between New Zealand and holders South Africa in Paris, ...