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<blockquote data-quote="Half Pint" data-source="post: 1222794" data-attributes="member: 87305">Just to come at this from another angle, there was an incident in a Wales v England 6N game (2021 possibly?), where Louis Rees Zammit fumbled &amp; dropped a pass just a few yards before the try line. The ball glanced off his shin and trickled over the line. LRZ threw his hands up in dismay at butchering the try, and then dotted the ball down as he picked it up, just because.Ref awarded the try. His rationale was that LRZ had deliberately kicked the ball forwards, hence no knock on.(Incidentally in the same game Ref also awarded Wales a free kick, blew time off and asked the England captain, Owen Farrell, to speak to his team about infringements. While the defending team were busy in a huddle under the posts, ref blew time on, Dan Biggar kicked crossfield for his winger to run into the corner un-opposed.)Not sure who the ref was, but I believe that after that game he was put into a mincer and turned into dogfood.Back on topic, I&#039;m afraid that until we can clone Dolly the Referee, inconsistent decisions are a part of the game. Ref&#039;s decision is final.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Half Pint, post: 1222794, member: 87305"] Just to come at this from another angle, there was an incident in a Wales v England 6N game (2021 possibly?), where Louis Rees Zammit fumbled & dropped a pass just a few yards before the try line. The ball glanced off his shin and trickled over the line. LRZ threw his hands up in dismay at butchering the try, and then dotted the ball down as he picked it up, just because. Ref awarded the try. His rationale was that LRZ had deliberately kicked the ball forwards, hence no knock on. (Incidentally in the same game Ref also awarded Wales a free kick, blew time off and asked the England captain, Owen Farrell, to speak to his team about infringements. While the defending team were busy in a huddle under the posts, ref blew time on, Dan Biggar kicked crossfield for his winger to run into the corner un-opposed.) Not sure who the ref was, but I believe that after that game he was put into a mincer and turned into dogfood. Back on topic, I'm afraid that until we can clone Dolly the Referee, inconsistent decisions are a part of the game. Ref's decision is final. [/QUOTE]

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