S3: Behind the Whistle: Q&A with Wayne Barnes

The Good, The Bad & The Rugby

Platform Media

Sports, Rugby

4.4 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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BONUS Episode: After his appearance on the show earlier this week Payno sat down with the brilliant Wayne Barnes to find out about the man behind the whistle. We find out his favourite ground and his childhood hero, if he still gets nervous and why Richie McCaw and John Smit are the best players he's refereed. We hear of a 'Tea Tour' around Samoa with the late great Peter Fatailofa (it wasn't tea they were drinking!) and about Wayne's love for musicals and amateur dramatics! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Right, Wayne Barnes, your quickfire questions start now.
0:12.5	Childhood hero.
0:13.9	Oh my goodness.
0:16.2	Where did this one come from?
0:18.0	Well, I was always like, I give a rugby one first of all.
0:21.8	I was petfied of Martin Johnson, so I remember I even apologized to him when I sinbed him
0:26.9	in my first game with him.
0:27.9	Did you really?
0:28.9	Sorry, sir, I'm yellow carded in him.
0:32.3	Because you get it.
0:33.3	What was his reaction?
0:35.4	Well, he did stare and he swore, so I won't swear, but he said that's the only decision
0:40.0	you've got right all day.
0:41.0	Did he really?
0:42.0	Yeah, it was brilliant.
0:44.2	So from a rugby point of view, you know, because it was at Iconic 2003 team.
0:49.6	So I hated interviewing him as a junior report as well.
0:53.6	Absolutely.
0:54.6	Just loathed it.
0:55.6	I can imagine.
0:56.6	Yeah.
0:57.6	But what happens is when you start off your career, you get sent to places like Walford
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