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Fields
Fields
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I’ve been enjoying slammed in iplayer, about the Welsh team of the 1980s
HappyG(rrr)
HappyG(rrr)
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Ooh, fill us in AC. Who cheated? :-) G
richmac
richmac
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This I think

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HappyG(rrr)
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That just says Townsend is asking for further explanation of the rationale for the section.

I said at the time, I can't see how they could have done it differently. The ref on field didn't see the grounding. The video replays and vid ref and even other viewer thought it must have been grounded on replay. But no angle actually shows ball in contact with the ground. Soo... no try. Correct decision.

You can blame the camera angles or luck or the laws, but you can't criticise the refs. They judged correctly by the laws as written.

If you want to change the laws to "on the balance of probability" or something then yeah, it was highly likely that it was grounded so it would be given. But those aren't the laws.
HappyG(rrr)
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And there was no deliberate attempt by anyone to fake or claim anything, so def not cheating. At worst an error of judgement. But I don't think it was even that. :-) G
richmac
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Let's see what AC says
HappyG(rrr)
HappyG(rrr)
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Not section, decision.
HappyG(rrr)
HappyG(rrr)
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Not even other viewer, every other viewer. Flips sake, my phone typing is bad.
Little Nemo
Little Nemo
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No one cheated.

Scotland were probably robbed but it wasn't done deliberately by anyone.
Eynsham Red
Eynsham Red
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“Cheating” implies a deliberate breaking of the rules. This was a mistake, a costly one for Scotland but a mistake nonetheless.

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Maintained by Fields
Almost that wonderful time of year - just 11 days to go.

Hoping to hear that I’ve got ballot tickets for Wales v England on Friday

BBC 1 wales tonight 8pm (and then on iplayer for everyone else) is a documentary about the 70s wales team.

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