English referee to take charge at the Stade de France on Saturday night
The second occasion was in the 2021 Six Nations when Ireland lost 21-16 to Wales at the Principality stadium. Since those two matches, the first couple of times that he refereed an Irish side under Farrell, Ireland have won the next five matches with Barnes in charge.
They beat Scotland , France , New Zealand , Samoa and Tonga . Barnes was in charge of Ireland’s famous Test series winning match against the All Blacks in Wellington in the summer of last year. South Africa’s Jaco Peyper will take charge of the game between Argentina and Wales, Mathieu Raynal will be the man with the whistle for England’s game against Fiji while New Zealander Ben O’Keeffe will preside over the clash of the defending world champions South Africa and tournament hosts France.
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