Craig Joubert

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Craig Joubert (2016)

Craig Paul Joubert (born November 8, 1977 in Durban , South Africa ) is a South African rugby union referee .

Career

Joubert grew up in Pietermaritzburg and graduated from the University of Natal with a degree in finance . During his youth, he started working as a voluntary referee in 1995. After five years as a bank advisor , he finally became a professional arbitrator in 2003.

Internationally Joubert came for the first time on June 4, 2005 in a friendly game between the USA and Wales in Hartford , which went out 3:77 for the Welsh guests.

Since then, Joubert has been used regularly in the South African Currie Cup and the international Super Rugby tournament . He also directed numerous games at rugby union world championships .

Controversy

Joubert caused a stir for the first time on May 29, 2010 in Soweto , in the last game of the super rugby tournament between the Bulls from Pretoria and the Stormers from Cape Town , which was decided 25:17 for the Bulls. After the defeat, the captain of the Stormers, Schalk Burger , accused Joubert of partisanship. In the event of rule violations, he “only warned the Bulls, but punished the Stormers immediately”.

Another controversy sparked Joubert in the final of the Rugby Union World Cup 2011 in Auckland between France and tournament hosts New Zealand . His decisions in the game, which was narrowly decided 7: 8 for New Zealand, animated numerous observers to harsh criticism in retrospect. The Sydney Morning Herald claimed that he had "repeatedly overlooked the New Zealanders' offside game and thereby denied penalties to France," while the Guardian stated that Joubert had "whistled continuously against France, never against New Zealand". The Irish Independent even denounced that France was "the better team over 80 minutes, but Joubert's decisions were a shame for a game of this importance".

On August 2, 2014, another use in the final of the super rugby tournament brought him allegations. In the game between the Waratahs from Sydney and the Crusaders from Christchurch , which took place in Sydney, he was accused of being part of the Waratahs' narrow victory of 33:32. In the last minute of the game, he had punished an alleged illegal hold down by the captain of the Crusaders, Richie McCaw , after which the Waratahs overtook their opponents with a penalty with one point.

Most recently, Joubert caused controversy in the quarter-finals of the Rugby Union World Cup 2015 in Twickenham between Australia and Scotland . Australia won the party 35:34 with a penalty in the last minute of the game. This was preceded by a wrong decision by Joubert. Before that, he had already penalized Scotland with a yellow card, which many observers considered too strict, and shortly before the end of the game he had not whistled for the Australians to keep the Australians down, too late. His escape from the stadium earned him additional criticism. The World Rugby Federation then decided to make the subsequent analysis of the game public.

Web links

Commons : Craig Joubert  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Burger's whine 'groundless'. In: Sport. Retrieved October 19, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Long dark cloud lifts as All Blacks close the door on 24 years of pain. In: The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved October 19, 2015 .
  3. ^ Eddie Butler at Eden Park: Rugby World Cup final: All Black aristocrats survive French revolution | Eddie Butler. In: the Guardian. Retrieved October 19, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Marc Hinton: Kaplan: Joubert wrong to penalize Richie McCaw . In: Stuff.co.nz . August 8, 2014 ( stuff.co.nz [accessed October 19, 2015]).
  5. ↑ Scotland skipper baffled by game-changing decision in quarter-final. In: ABC News. Retrieved October 19, 2015 (Australian English).
  6. ↑ Australia 35 Scotland 34: World Rugby confirms Craig Joubert right not to consult with TMO. In: Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved October 19, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Penalty was wrong call. RugbyDump.com, October 19, 2015, accessed October 19, 2015 .
  8. ↑ It should have been a scrum - World Rugby: Planetrugby.com. In: www.planetrugby.com. Retrieved October 19, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Joubert, Craig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Joubert, Craig Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African rugby union referee
DATE OF BIRTH November 8, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Durban , South Africa