Irish winger claims Connacht are too often on wrong side of officials’ decisions in tight matches
Assistant referee Peter Martin and Connacht's Mack Hansen watching a TMO review during the URC game between Leinster and Connacht at the Aviva Stadium. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho. Following the game against Leinster on Saturday, which Connacht lost 20-12, Hansen took aim at what he saw as glaring inconsistencies over the years he has been playing in Ireland, and that Connacht are too often on the wrong side of officials’ decisions in tight matches.
Stephen Ferris, a former Ulster, Ireland and Lions player, also weighed in on the standard of refereeing in the competition. Now an analyst and newspaper columnist, Ferris commented on X following Hansen’s post-match press conference.‘It’s really f***ing starting to get to us as a team’ - Mack Hansen hits out at how Connacht are refereed“I’m sure a few Ulster lads felt the same way last night .
It adds: “For the avoidance of doubt Pro Rugby Championship greatly values feedback from clubs and others on the performance of match officials, and set out at Appendix Nine of the championship rules is a Coach Feedback On Referees Form that can be completed and communicated, privately, to Pro Rugby Championship.”
Nor was Hansen’s the only moment of the weekend in these islands where a referee was the target. Newcastle Falcons’ director of rugby Steve Diamond took a swipe at Bath and Scotland outhalf Finn Russell after Saturday’s Premiership meeting between the teams at Kingston Park.
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