(FILES) - Picture taken 06 October 2007 [Getty Images]

(FILES) - Picture taken 06 October 2007 shows English referee Wayne Barnes (R) displaying a yellow card to New Zealand's centre Luke McAlister during the rugby union World Cup quarter-final match New Zealand vs. France, at the Millennium stadium in Cardiff. Barnes yellow-carded All Blacks centre Luke McAlister at a crucial moment of the game and also missed a blatant forward pass in the move that brought France the match-winning try in their 20-18 triumph. Barnes, the youngest referee at the World Cup at 28, reportedly received death threats on internet sites but has been fully backed by the IRB referees' manager Paddy O'Brien, himself a New Zealander. AFP PHOTO/MARTIN BUREAU (Photo credit should read MARTIN BUREAU/AFP/Getty Images)

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