Four years on and nothing has changed. It seems the NZ Rugby Union don't have the guts to have English referee Wayne Barnes red-carded.
After the 2007 RWC shambles, he should never have been allocated another test as a referee, linesman or TMO outside the 6 Nations games.
If Europeans are prepared to endure Barnes, best of luck to them.
He is inept, indecisive, hesitant and worse of all, gets in the way of play as he did several times in the last All Black/Australia test, playing a pivotal part in the two tries scored against the All Blacks.
He also missed a forward pass that resulted in Beale's try and with the assistance of the TMO, awarded a five metre scrum to Australia instead of what was clearly a NZ 22m drop out. Now, first up in the Wales/South Africa 2011 RWC game, he messes up the call on the Welsh penalty kick at goal as he should have gone to the TMO, misses a couple of blatant knock-ons plus he was in the way again under the goal posts when the Springbok's scored their second try. What a legend (not).

M Senior, Mt Maunganui.