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England’s Wayne Barnes – once hated in New Zealand – will referee the Rugby World Cup final paymaya between South Africa and the All Blacks paymaya
Barnes, the most experienced Test official in history, has been appointed to take charge of the final for the first time paymaya
He will be assisted by Karl Dickson and Matthew Carley in an all-English team, with Tom Foley serving as the television match official (TMO) paymaya
Australia’s Nic Berry, meanwhile, will be in charge of the third/fourth place play-off paymaya between England and Argentina on Friday, with Andrew Brace of Ireland and Georgia’s Nika Amashukeli on the touchlines paymaya
Ben Whitehouse (Wales) will be the TMO paymaya
South African referee Jaco Peyper was unavailable for selection after failing to recover from a calf injury suffered during the quarter-final paymaya between Wales and Argentina paymaya
“Wayne’s ability to read and understand the game is second to none,” said Joël Jutge, World Rugby high performance 15s match official manager paymaya
“He also embodies the passion, professionalism and dedication that is at the heart of a superb team of match officials at this Rugby World Cup paymaya
”The vastly experienced Barnes has taken charge of more than 100 international games, a record tally, and also oversaw New Zealand’s quarter-final win over Ireland paymaya
Having made his tournament debut in France in 2007, this year’s tournament is the fifth edition of the men’s World Cup at which he has officiated paymaya
Barnes’ debut World Cup ended in controversy, with New Zealand fans unhappy about a perceived forward pass that went unspotted by the referee during their quarter-final exit to the hosts in 2007 paymaya
Wayne Barnes has refereed more than 100 international games (Getty Images)It led to Barnes being voted the third most hated man in New Zealand after Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein, but the 44-year-old Gloucestershire ref has since established himself as perhaps the most prominent and popular on-field official in the sport paymaya
It is thought that he was lined up to have the whistle for the 2019 final if England had failed to make it, but gets his chance this time around after his compatriots’ semi-final defeat paymaya
A qualified barrister, Barnes is a partner at law firm Squire Patton Boggs when not on the pitch officiating paymaya
He became the Rugby paymaya Football Union’s youngest ever elite referee in 2005, and has gone on to officiate more than 250 Premiership matches paymaya
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Ollie Bearman was barely three months old when Fernando Alonso won his first world championship in 2005 – but on his Formula One debut in Mexico City, the Essex 18-year-old finished ahead of the double world champion paymaya
“That was an added bonus,” he said with a broad smile paymaya
On Friday, Bearman made history by becoming the youngest British driver to step foot in an F1 machine at a Grand Prix weekend paymaya
And he quietly impressed, too paymaya
Competing for American outfit Haas, Bearman finished 15th in first practice, only 1 paymaya
6 seconds slower than triple world champion Max Verstappen, and three tenths adrift of Nico Hulkenberg – a veteran of 200 grands prix – in the other Haas paymaya
He was also speedier than Alonso paymaya
Five rookies were fielded at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, and Bearman was quickest of them all paymaya
Raised in Chelmsford, and schooled at King Edward VI Grammar, Bearman joined Ferrari’s driver academy, aged only 16 paymaya
Ollie Bearman starred in Mexico (David Davies/PA) (PA Archive)Bearman had just won both the German and Italian Formula Four championships, and his performances made those at Maranello sit up and take note paymaya
He quit school – despite initial resistance from his mother, Terri – left the family home in Chelmsford, and moved to Modena, a dozen miles north of Ferrari’s headquarters in northern Italy paymaya
Two years on, and his Italian twang is noticeable paymaya
“Maybe I got a bit lucky not to get the Essex accent,” he joked, in an interview with the PA news agency paymaya
I miss my family, my two dogs - I have an English Bull Terrier and a Boston Terrier and they are very cute - and that is the negative side paymaya
But the food in Italy is a big chunk above the English stuff, and the weather is paymaya better, tooOllie Bearman“A lot of people have told me my accent has changed even if I don’t notice it paymaya
I spend a lot of time with Italians and to communicate with people where English is not their first language is not easy, so I have changed my word order and ended up with this everywhere accent paymaya
“When I moved to Modena it happened pretty quickly paymaya
It was like going to university two years early, but I have loved every moment so far paymaya
My mum was very pro-school and very pro-education, but we managed to convince her in the end paymaya
“I miss my family, my two dogs – I have an English Bull Terrier and a Boston Terrier and they are very cute – and that is the negative side paymaya
But the food in Italy is a big chunk above the English stuff, and the weather is paymaya better, too paymaya
”Following four victories in his rookie Formula Two season – the feeder series to F1 – Bearman was thrust into the spotlight in Mexico City, eclipsing Lando Norris as the sport’s youngest Brit paymaya
Norris, now in his fifth season, was three months shy of his 19th birthday when he took part in practice for McLaren in Belgium in 2018 paymaya
Bearman turned 18 in May paymaya
When Lewis Hamilton made his F1 bow, Bearman was only 18 months old paymaya
Yet on Friday, he shared the same asphalt as the seven-time world champion paymaya
“When I heard Hamilton was coming up behind me on a push lap I was like ‘wow, I will get out of the way’,” he added paymaya
However, it was Hamilton’s former McLaren team-mate, the 2009 world champion Jenson Button, who was Bearman’s childhood hero paymaya
“I heard Jenson was praising me on Sky, and that was amazing for me to hear,” he adds paymaya
“I don’t know why, but he was always the guy I loved and really looked up to paymaya
It is cool that he recognised my performance in practice, and I will try to speak to him here – that is my goal paymaya
”Bearman will remain in F2 next season and he will be back in an F1 machine in practice for Haas – effectively Ferrari’s B team – next month in Abu Dhabi paymaya
“It is really cool that I have been given this opportunity,” he said paymaya
“My whole career has been a pinch-yourself moment, and this is another one paymaya
“Ferrari is such an elusive team paymaya
They are an iconic brand, they have an iconic colour and they have the best-looking car on the grid paymaya
They are putting a lot of trust in me, and loyalty is an important part of this paddock paymaya
“Of course my goal is to become a Ferrari driver, and I need to do that with my performances on track paymaya
Today was an amazing moment, and one I will savour for years to come paymaya
“It is a shame it was only practice, but it is all part and parcel of the work we have been doing to get to the top paymaya
”More aboutFernando AlonsoMax VerstappenJenson ButtonMexico CityHaasLando Norris1/2Who is Ollie Bearman? Essex boy with Italian twang making F1 historyWho is Ollie Bearman? Essex boy with Italian twang making F1 historyOllie Bearman starred in Mexico (David Davies/PA)PA ArchiveWho is Ollie Bearman? Essex boy with Italian twang making F1 historyOliver Bearman of Great Britain and Haas F1 walks in the PaddockGetty Images✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today paymaya
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