19 Mar, 2018 @ 16:09
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Romanian referee to be investigated for ‘suspicious Spain v Belgium’ Rugby World Cup qualifier

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AN investigation has been launched to analyse the performance of a Romanian referee in Spain’s Rugby World Cup qualifier against Belgium. 

Rugby Europe will analyse the match on Friday after Spain filed an official complaint of bias.

Belgium won the game 18-10 but referee Vlad Iordachescu’s performance on a boggy Brussels pitch infuriated Spain.

Their defeat meant Romania qualified for the 2019 world cup in Japan instead of them.

Spain will have to beat Portugal and Samoa in the play-offs if they want to reach Japan.

Rugby Europe said it would not be commenting until the ‘usual full review’ of the match official’s performance had been conducted.

“The meeting’s agenda will be modified and a large portion of it will be devoted to the analysis of every stage of the Belgium v Spain game,” it said.

“Following this meeting, a statement will be released to Rugby Europe Board of Directors for dissemination.”

 

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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