Wayne Barnes has been made scapegoat for a broken system, writes Matt Williams
This is because the vast majority of kicks were attacking in nature and not looking to find touch. The French wanted to deny Ireland their lineout as an attacking launch pad and the Irish believed that they could tire the French by not gifting them time to breathe during the set play.
The current English game plan exploits scrums to gain penalties. At Twickenham, we endured scrum after scrum, reset after reset, and scrum penalty after penalty. Combined, both teams made over 374 tackles, and carried the ball 314 times, making 1,334 metres while only producing an exceptionally low 15 penalties.The mental grit, physical conditioning and rugby skills on display from both teams were stupendous.
Moments after the decisions were made, in camera shots supplied to TV audiences across the globe, it was abundantly clear that Atonio should have been red-carded and that Lowe’s foot was in touch.
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