@jimhamilton4 Different players - Doris is a hybrid blindside type 8, and Savea is a hybrid open side type 8. They have different roles…. Ireland defo have the best 6,7,8 trio in the world though…
@JFitzpatrick92 If Sexton had passed it - penalty try. He didn’t (and wasn’t even looking for that option) so it wasn’t. End of. There is no guarantee Ringrose would have caught it or it wouldn’t have been forward even if Sexton didn’t take the wrong option, so can’t be a guaranteed try...
In @thetimesscot @TimesSport: Hollie Davidson on her brilliant refereeing journey to date and the epic few months she has ahead, starting with becoming the first woman to referee a men's Six Nations team today in Lisbon https://t.co/lN9A9yZRMb
I’d rather discuss why ex-players and pundits feel it appropriate to publicly criticise refs. They don’t get paid the big $, off the field go through significant scrutiny/assessment post match and as Bryce Lawrence/Craig Joubert can attest - 1 poor performance can be your last...
I’d love to find a kiwi who wants to discuss that turning point penalty/try in the Fiji test the same way they have hung on to Wayne Barnes and Romaine Poite. I’ll wait.
Fantastic news.
Hope that the @AllBlacks - still the icons of global rugby - set a precedent of equitable distribution of match profits,even if @WorldRugby still remains unwilling to set at least guidelines.
As per @danleo82 - an opportunity to set the new standard of fairness.
@rorylawson9 100% - so much criticism of refs these days but Pearce was outstanding. Wyn Jones lucky to be on the field at the end but aside from that flawless and communication was so good...