Supervox
19-03-06, 12:19 AM
Well, after my condemnation of the England rugby team last weekend - today I have to say that I think were extremely hard done by !!
IMHO all 3 match officials should be taken off the first class roster & 'relegated' to schoolboy matches where their appalling decisions won't have so much impact !!
Whilst not taking anything away from the Irish for their final try - it was an excellent effort - it's just a shame that the first 2 were allowed to stand !!
Incidently, does anyone know if the referee can call for a video replay to judge the validity of a drop goal ? I ask because in the Italy v Scotland match the eraly attempt by the Italians looked good to me (when seen from the camera behind the goal) but was not given by the ref.
IMHO all 3 match officials should be taken off the first class roster & 'relegated' to schoolboy matches where their appalling decisions won't have so much impact !!
Whilst not taking anything away from the Irish for their final try - it was an excellent effort - it's just a shame that the first 2 were allowed to stand !!
Incidently, does anyone know if the referee can call for a video replay to judge the validity of a drop goal ? I ask because in the Italy v Scotland match the eraly attempt by the Italians looked good to me (when seen from the camera behind the goal) but was not given by the ref.