Originally Posted by vaughan6477:
“Nigel Owens is Munster and Irelands favourite ref , those two sides rarely lose when he's at the helm. That's not withstanding there's so much that goes on at the scrum nowadays that it's difficult for any official to get a grip. We all have the hindsight of constant slow motion replays ,where as the man in the middle has a split second and a couple of touch judges to help him.”
“Nigel Owens is Munster and Irelands favourite ref , those two sides rarely lose when he's at the helm. That's not withstanding there's so much that goes on at the scrum nowadays that it's difficult for any official to get a grip. We all have the hindsight of constant slow motion replays ,where as the man in the middle has a split second and a couple of touch judges to help him.”
Is that why he awarded 12 penalties in Scotlands favour as against 4 to Ireland?
These referees are supposed to be the top referees in Rugby. If they don't know what goes on in the scrums and are just guessing the game is a farce.
According to Keith Wood, Owens constanly telling the front rows to move closure was wrong. I also agree with Keith about the nonsense with the pause, which should be done away with.




Scotland converted 5 penalties to Ireland's zero.
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