I feel like we are starting to see quite a disconnect between World Rugby, referees and the judiciary. Everyone needs to be singing from the same hymn sheet for foul play.
And much as I disagree with this particular judiciary decision, I also disagree with World Rugby's obsession with outcome driven decision making. As I pointed out to DickieE in another thread,
he makes dozens of decisions based on his judgement of intent in every game he referees. Why can't World Rugby trust him to make judgement of intent calls for the rest?
No. Instead, he has to have his hands tied behind his back while he works through some some idiotic bloody flow chart to arrive at the result he probably would have arrived at 99% of the time anyway.
WRT to the thread I mentioned here, I respect Romain Poite's methology for making the decision he did, and the way he went about in.
• no pissing around with flow charts or protocols
• no endless replays or back & forth with the TMO
• no consultations with the ARs...
"Ces't Rouge" Tu pars!..... straight from the
"Fred Howard Red Card Protocol" :norc:
I'd like to think he learned from his mistakes on the 2017 Lions tour.