TV match officials have too much say over deciding when a referee should review an incident. Is it time for coaches to be allowed to call for a reappraisal?
There was an international not so very long ago that was decided by a refereeing decision which was so controversial that the official concerned sprinted from the pitch when he blew the final whistle a few minutes later. Australia were involved then, as they were last Saturday when a try that would have seen them draw level with New Zealand with a conversion attempt to come was ruled out by the referee on review.
Craig Joubert’s decision to award Australia a penalty in the World Cup quarter-final against Scotland at Twickenham for offside saw him subsequently reprimanded by World Rugby for getting the call wrong. Nigel Owens is unlikely to be given a dressing down after denying Henry Speight a try against the All Blacks because there had been a breach of law 10.c in the buildup by the Wallabies’ wing Dane Haylett-Petty.
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