Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakatairangahia a Howard Webb ki tētahi tūranga hōu hei kaiwhakahaere mahi mō ngā kaiwhakawā ngaio o Ingarangi, ā, ko ia te tangata e whiriwhiri ana i ngā kaiwhakawā mō ngā tukinga Pirimia. Ko Webb, 43, i reti hei kaiwhakawa i te tau kua hipa i muri i tana mahi i tae atu ki te whakahaere i te whakamutunga o te Ipu o te Ao 2010, kua tohua hei kaiwhakahaere mahi mo te Rōpū Whiriwhiri o nga kaiwhakawa - nga kaitohutohu ngaio 17 o te wa katoa. Ko ia te kaiārahi o Keren Barratt, 69-tau te pakeke, i te mea kua reti ia engari kei te neke ki tetahi atu mahi. Ko te kaitono o mua a Howard Webb ka whiriwhiri i ngā kaitono mō ngā kēmu Pirimia i tana tūranga hou. Ko te mea nui o te mahi a Webb i puta i te wa i whakahaerehia ai e ia te whakamutunga o te Ipu o te Ao 2010. Ko Webb, e mahi ana hei kaiwhakahaere hangarau mo te Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) mai i tana reti hei kaiwhakawa, inaianei ka riro i a ia te kawenga mo te whakahaere i te Ropu Motuhake. Ka tohua hoki e PGMOL tētahi kaiako kaitono anō hei mahi hāngai ki a Webb. Ka haere tonu a Webb ki te ripoata ki te Kaiwhakahaere Matua o PGMOL a Mike Riley, nana nei i kii: "Ko te mahi a Howard hei kaiwhakahaere hangarau i tenei waa i taea ai e ia te mohio ki te whakahaere, ki o maatau rangatira me te kaha o te mahi a ta maatau roopu tautoko. 'Ko te mea kua mārama hoki, he pūkenga tūturu a Howard mō te whakangungu, ā, ko tōna wheako nui o te Pirimia Rōpū, ko te tikanga he tohunga ia ki te ārahi, ki te whakawhanake anō hoki i ngā paerewa tiketike o te Rōpū Motuhake.' Ko te kaiwhakawa o mua me te kaiwhakahaere matua o PGMOL a Mike Riley (pokapū) e whakanui ana i te 'whakaaro maori o Howard mo te whakangungu me te wheako o te Pirimia Pirimia'
Ko Howard Webb te kaitono o mua kua whakatairangahia hei kaiwhakahaere mahi. Ko te kaitohutohu whakamutunga o te Ipu o te Ao 2010 ka whiriwhiri i ngā kaiwhakawā mō ngā kēmu o te Pirimia Rōpū. Ko te Rōpū Motuhake e 17 ngā kaimahi ngaio wā-katoa.