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Except he didnt. He made a point about water carriers on the pitch. Then he said you've got to give us time to set/settle (cant quite make out...

Are you deliberately twisting my words? I've already explained why it was a bad interview, and since you replied to that you must have read it....

So you are saying she shouldn't have mentioned the refereeing ? Or she was right to ask, but should have moved on earlier ? Yes I am missing the...

You're missing the point completely, in the same way she appeared to. Whether an interview is good or not doesn't depend on whether the interviewees...

So we go to the TMO - what standard of evidence does (s)he apply. The on field ref needs to see a clear and obvious material infringement. This...

Gloucester vs Cardiff in the challenge cup final a few years ago springs to mind. a try was disallowed due to the final pass being clearly and...

What a mess rugby finds itself in - we don't consistently agree what the definition of a knock on is I am genuinely not sure now whether WB's...

perhaps what is ridiculous is the strict gag that WR have applied, rendering EJ and OF unable to answer questions about the major talking points of...

so the question was OK - but was repeated too much ? That's what it amounts to ?

But Farrell DID go to the referee to ask that the score be overturned!!! So why's that such a poor question ?

Crikey, my memory is even worse than I thought. I do remember playing during the period where they "legalised supporting" but soon after changed to...

If you look at the slo-mo you will see that the knock forward is by his right hand but before it goes down to his rear thigh it comes back off his...

Lifting Legalised = End of 90s - 1996? PK to touch and throw in changed in 1992 I think along with maul/ruck law changes (turnover) Back to...

Oops! ...deemed Not a knock on. See where ambiguity takes us!

In a twitter convo (I've asked Wayne, not expecting an answer but someone else has jumped in), their take is that it's in and around juggling...

Surely the head of the referees' dept trumps any referee. No?

I don't think anyone's sticking up for the persecutors, there's unanimous agreement that personal abuse is completely out of line. But was "toxic,...

But in anyevnt ball wasn't knocked backwards. it arrived at the ground forward relative to where it was not gathered. But what do I know. Rightly...

So Wayne is in a position to clear up what he says is an 'ambiguity' in the laws? He resolves by determining it is deemed a knock on. As such that...

TBH Dickie Ive read and heard so much stuff on this this week I cant recall where. I THINK it was discussed on Brian Moore's podcast "Full...

well part of that surely is the concept that if unsure let play play out and then review if needed eg after a try. Rather than blow for a knock...

I know this might be difficult, but can you cite these?

I saw the interviews with OF and EJ at the time and it struck me SML was trying to get a reaction of a "we woz robbed" kind from the both/either....

Let's separate out the allegations about her trolling from just being bad at her job. I have never, in all my years of watching sport, heard a...

she wont lose her job for the stupid line of repeated questioning because as others have said she is part of a team pushing the questions, she is...

LIKE.

Meanwhile other refs and authorities are saying losing control forward then batting it back (without first taking control before the bat back) IS a...

I'm not entirely sure, it certainly muddies the water as I saw player knock it forward, then it bounced backwards off of him (not the same as being...

So using the WB criteria the ref and TMO were correct because after the knock forward the ball was definitely knocked back by the other hand. What a...

So the two top referees in the world disagree fundamentally about the meaning of the law. And yet still some thini the law book is fit for purpose.