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I have no issue with the caterpillar. If one team wants to suck their players into a ruck to give them more space for a kick or pass so be it, that...

Bottom line as I see it is World Rugby don't want competition for the ball in that scenario. Get the ball away from the breakdown and get on with...

And we only have Joel's claim that Pascal admitted the error.

I think a mixture of this and expecting Wales to kick at goal. There wasn't much for Farrell to explain to his team and another ref may well...

I woulld not tell a captain to get his team together. I would tell them they have a minute to have a word with their team and give them precisely one...

The quote from Jutze surprised me - "With regard to the second try I think there is a tendency to refer to the TMO too often when one can make the...

It appears Mr Gauzere admits he got both decisions wrong. ...

I think he painted himself in the corner and then paniced and just blustered on. One thing is for sure once he awarded it whatever he did...

I see "Use it called" then what seems an age for the SH to toe the ball dopwn the caterpillar, then set up, check the chaser is good, then effect the...

The problem is that our law framers have gone for a short law book rather than a clear law book. I would prefer to see notes to the laws. One...

Do we ever see refs turning the ball over after calling use it? My perception is that we did for about a season, but since then we haven't. But I...

I’m not denying the management issue but was addressing the question of whether the try could/should be overruled after the try had been scored...

https://www.sportsjoe.ie/rugby/pascal-gauzere-admits-errors-england-wales-225164 Pascal Gauzere also gives his view: Both were errors.

Spot on call.

It is not a "flaw in the laws". To kick the ball it has to be dropped therefore it is obvious that you must be able to drop the ball in order to kick...

So accepting that as the case and with a view to moving on... does this then mean the TMO concept is not working and may as well be scrapped?...

And the ref has, according to Jutge admitted he was wrong. for both try 1 and try 2.

In today's Times, Rob Debney agrees with Nigel Owens that the two tries in question should have been disallowed.

I have often pointed this out as a flaw in the laws. A deliberate throw forward is just as much a PK offence as a deliberate knock on.

Of course: Bigger would not have been allowed to catch them out has the referee not blundered. The buck stops there.

Once you tell a captain to call his team together and "have a word" you are obliged to allow them to return to their field position. EQUITY (trumps...

Well they were both speaking English. I don't know how good both their English is, but maybe they weren't as confident explaining what they were...

i thought that was to be an example of overturning a similar try? But not... Yes refs overturn truies - but surely because a knock on, foot in...

Referee Frenchman Pascal Gauzère FRANCE ARS Andrew Brace & Frank Murphy Ireland TMO Alex Ruiz FRANCE Why would the Referee and the TMO have...

WRT trainers and water ion the pitch its been very clear in recent weeks watching english premiership gamnes on BT Sport, that refs co0ntinually hold...

THIS ^^^ Bang on. Hes a French ref. EVERYBODY knows French refs never pull a rabbit from a hat - but an aardvark from a pair of underpants...

Fair point and that is why I said ‘early days’. We’ve not had a regular expert ref pundit before so it’s a learning curve for all of us.

We do have them. ie player pundits. it doesn't make their opinions any more worthwhile. didds

I like the NRL bunker system. Ref says "I think it's a try ". Then over to bunker to confirm or deny.