mc_red23
Pro Bowler
One of the worst refereeing displays I’ve seen for a while lol - VAR only works if you use it and the people making decisions have the ability to use their heads - rugby has made refereeing incredibly transparent - you hear the decisions and discussions about replay in real time and you hear them talk to each other and the players also in real time - as a result you have a higher level of trust and respect from fans, coaches, players and the officials themselves...
Thought the ref was spot on for the most part. All credible shouts for a penalty are thrown out of the window once the player decides to dive 3 yards in the opposite direction to where the contact was leading. Finally we saw a ref that had the balls to punish players for play acting which resulted in one being sent off for mouthing off immediately after.