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I had two captains ask me about this Friday during the pre match. My answer boiled down to "If I ask you to deliver a message, I won't let you get...

Oh look. The media circling the wagons.

How do you square this with the two examples given in Pedro's video (well, not his video, lol, but the one he linked to) - both in internationals -...

Paywall, but good analysis of that interview ...

Correct refereeing is .. first whistle, brief peep = time on .. make mark and second whiste = PK That's the way it always used to be done....

Tell them again, and again, and again - you can’t deliberately restart the game and give another team the advantage. Same as in the Falcons game...

So what do you think the ref should have done, after giving England 10 seconds (ish) warning that time was going back on?

well, here's one authority - the take from SA Referees : - first they offer definitions of diving and jumping - then they decide that May's was a...

i don't think it's *ever* good refereeing to start the game when one team is in a huddle. Nothing good is going to come from that. It's NOT the way...

Exactly! What the TV replays don't show, is PG heading towards the England huddle and pointing at his watch to say hey, time is going on in a few...

It was enough for Johnny May !

So, England had almost 10 seconds to reset after their huddle was over. Surely that's more than enough?

lets face it ... It was a huge mess, just like elite end rugby is. its hardly surprising is it really? I'd say maybe WR need to come up with...

Of course he made mistake

That's all right then. If neither side was ready should the referee have called 'Time on' and allowed play to restart. Gauzere, it's reported, now...

I really think the presence of water carriers is a red herriing .. at elite level water carriers and medixs are routinely tolerated all over the...

”Also several Welsh players weren't ready as they were involved with support staff.” So the ref was fair to both sides then?

I disagree. The clips show there were still medics / water carriers from both sides on the pitch and, although play often continues will all kinds of...

Biggar is such a great player, isn't he? time and again he shows possesses all the attributes for a rugby player : physical strength and stamina,...

I think that’s a fair assessment.

that is really very interesting - thanks. definitely have a lot less sympathy for England having watched that. I am now thinking that the...

Too many players get away with this foot up jump for the ball. It should be penalised whether they make contact or not. Clearly dangerous and the...

An interesting analysis on the second ‘controversial’ try from last weekend from squidgy rugby starts at about 2:40 on the video) If you’re not...

Interesting. One post ("advert") on the day of joining. No response to an email. Odd.

agree

when you say 'we', who do you mean and on what authority?

woe betide the lineout jumper who juggles the ball before tapping it back to the SH. In Wales, anyway.

Throw forward is judged by the movement of the hands not the ball. (Definition of throw forward) The hands must not move towards the opponents dead...

Hope so

...and the Nobel Prize for Physics goes to....World Rugby for their work in redefining the laws of gravity, motion, etc.