Good morning and welcome to a special live Q&A session with former international referee Wayne Barnes.
Debate over refereeing decisions has once again become a theme of this year’s Six Nations and, with that in mind, we are providing subscribers with the opportunity to put their questions to our Telegraph columnist Barnes.
Barnes spent nearly 30 years refereeing and established himself as one of the best ever to do the job. He retired at the end of last year with his last match being the Rugby World Cup final between South Africa and New Zealand, which included the sending off of the All Blacks captain Sam Cane.
Barnes is exclusively writing for us throughout the Six Nations and has already explained what he would change about the current laws, how he would prepare to referee the England team and his reaction to the second round of action, including the TMO controversy at the end of Scotland v France.
During the live session, Barnes will also reflect on the third round of Six Nations action, including some of its controversial moments from the weekend like what happened at the end of France v Italy when Paolo Garbisi missed a penalty in the last minute, denying the visitors a historic victory.
After the match, Marius Goosen, Italy’s defence coach, told Telegraph Sport: “If you look back at it now then definitely the kick should have been given again. But we all know in that pressure-cooker situation, as a referee, it’s not that easy to always make the right call. In hindsight, it should have been given again, but there are no complaints.”
What would Barnes have done? Click here to submit your questions to find out and a selection will be answered by Barnes at 11am. From queries about the laws in general to specific incidents, and questions about Barnes’s esteemed career, fire away with what you would like to know from our expert.