- Joined
- May 22, 2004
- Messages
- 2,193
- Country Flag
- Club or Nation
Not sure what the point of that article is SANZAR. Whether WR published their review or not, it has already been widely accepted what the correct call would have been. Anyone who thinks whatever the Aussies accomplish this tourney is tainted are going to think that anyway. For what it's worth, I don't. It's not their fault what happened and who knows, maybe they would have gone on to score anyway, I'd like to think they wouldn't have but hey ho.
Well the point of the article was that it was extremely poor form for World Rugby to selectively and publicly admit this mistake due simply to UK press pressure, given that numerous arguably just as important mistakes have been ignored. The blatant knock on by Laidlaw that Peyper missed in the lead up to their match winning try against Samoa is a case in point; everyone agrees that was a knock on, but Samoa don't have a media machine full of TV personalities to express their disgust and outrage, and also don't have representation at WR Referee committee like Scotland.
Again, the problem with the reaction is much like the problem with the rulings themselves; consistency.