Scottish Rugby has called on World Rugby to openly admit that mistakes were made in the final stages of the game against France.
Gregor Townsend’s side were denied a try after the TV match official found no clear evidence that the ball was a grounder.
Referee Nick Berry felt Scottish forward Sam Skinner was stopped as he tried to put him on the ground, but the camera angle showed Sam Skinner tumbling out of his French boots and onto the try line. was reflected.
100 percent
However, the TMO needed to be 100% sure and decided it could not be certain that Skinner had scored the try.
As a result, the match was disallowed and Scotland lost 20-16 to Les Bleus, ending their chance at a Six Nations Grand Slam.
Townsend later said he wanted to clarify, but according to BBCScottish rugby wants more from World Rugby.
The SRU believes McNeice made the U-turn when discussing the possibility of scoring with Berry and believes the decision could undermine the integrity of the Six Nations.
The TMO initially said he thought he saw the ball on the ground, but ultimately concluded that there was not enough evidence to overturn the referee’s on-field decision.
A source said, “The dialogue between the referee and the TMO was meaningless.” BBC.
World Rugby has acknowledged refereeing errors on the oddest of occasions, such as after Scotland’s 35-34 Rugby World Cup quarter-final defeat to Australia in 2015.
The board subsequently announced that the winning penalty awarded to the Wallabies, scored by Bernard Foley, was a “mistake”.
“Lessons need to be learned so it doesn’t happen again. This is not about Scottish rugby being belligerent,” the source added.
Townsend’s Thoughts
Mr Townsend has already contacted World Rugby’s chief umpire, Joel Jugge, and the governing body’s director of rugby, Phil Davies, to follow the usual procedures.
“TMO had more influence on the referee” [with the final call]. There’s a pretty big screen in that corner, so it should be the referee who decides that,” he told reporters over the weekend.
“I don’t think I’m being biased when I say the ball was put on the try line, I think everyone thinks that. “That way we make sure we make the right decisions. It can be done.
“If we had come here thinking it was a shame that the game held up and we held on to win the game, it would have been the right decision. But for us, it’s clear that the decision they made in the end was not correct.
“That doesn’t really matter. That game goes further. We regularly receive feedback and it will be one of several incidents for which we ask for an explanation, but unfortunately the outcome remains the same. .”
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