World Rugby Council’s decisions this week on new laws could have big effects
Owen Doyle: Ireland must ensure Scott Barrett’s claim about Joe McCarthy is not swept under the carpetIt would not sit well with what I believe is the team’s ethos if this is allowed to be swept under the carpet. It leaves far too many question marks around the incident.
Nevertheless, there are issues to discuss. The protection of the ball by the team in possession at the breakdown was a feature, not just in this match, but across the series so far. World Rugby must give us clarification as to exactly what is allowed, and what is sealing off the ball, preventing any contest.
Referee Luc Ramos shows a yellow card to Tommy Reffell of Wales, resulting in a bunker review during the Wales-Fiji match. Photograph: Dan Mullan/Getty Images When South Africa lined up their seven new forwards to come on to to the Murrayfield pitch just five minutes into the second half, we saw how farcical the whole thing has become. It was never the intention of the law to allow this to happen, it’s the manipulation of a loophole. Well done to South Africa for having two packs of forwards who are equal in both ferocity and ability; but, sorry, you should not be allowed to play them both in the same match.
The World Rugby Council gather on Thursday, and we can expect the conclusions pretty smartly after that. As far as I am aware, the outgoing chair, Bill Beaumont, will preside over the law issues, and this will be followed by the election of the new chair. Australian Brett Robinson is probably the favourite, with Italy’s Andrea Rinaldo and France’s Abdel Benazzi running against him.
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