World Rugby has responded to a request from the Scottish Federation regarding a try disallowed by the referee in the final moments of the match between the XV at Chardon and the Blues.
Scotland can’t digest it. Defeated by France (16-20) on Saturday, the second day of the Six Nations tournament, XV du Chardon is still in his throat that the central referee Nick Berry decided not to try at the end of the match. So much so that the Scottish Federation did not hesitate to send an email to World Rugby to demand accountability and express its dismay.
” It is important to understand how we arrived at such absurdities. We must learn from this situation so that it does not happen again,” one member of the federation told the BBC while another thought that “the dialogue between the referee and the TMO (Television Match Official) makes no sense. » “It would be nice if there was a statement that after having time to reflect and review the video evidence, what happened was not okay.” he said.
Nothing to say…
But the disallowed try was not the only cause of discontent as World Rugby head of referees Joel Jutje and director of rugby Phil Davies on the return, Scottish coach Gregor Townsend pointed to 16 fouls. his team.
The Scottish camp will have to come to terms with it though. According to the BBC, World Rugby said it would not provide an explanation for the disallowed try at the end of the match: “World Rugby will maintain its position of not commenting publicly on specific decisions by officials. » A situation that is unlikely to calm the anger of Finn Russell’s teammates and their supporters.
