Presiding official played his role in a memorable game but inexplicably failed to brandish a red card for Atonio’s dangerous hit on Herring
The savage collision to the head was there for all to see, and for Herring to suffer. It was brutal, with zero reduction in force. Construing it as a tackle which slipped upwards is incomprehensible.
Some credit, though, is due to Barnes. He let play run, generally reading things well with good advantage, in a match which produced all of 46 minutes ball-in-play time, and only 15 penalties across a ferocious 80 minutes. It was not helped by the second element involved. It is called the parallax effect, the position of the camera can displace the true position of the ball. Just close one eye, and put your forefinger opposite your nose, then open that eye and close the other, hey presto your finger has “moved,” that’s parallax. So we don’t actually know whether the ball was on the touch-in-goal line or not.
France’s main threat was the mercurial Damien Penaud, who showed exceptional pace to avoid the clutches of the Irish defence for a wonderful try. In Murrayfield, Scotland looked very good but Wales were so poor that it’s impossible to judge the real level of Gregor Townsend’s men, who, nonetheless, represent a potential banana skin for Ireland.
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