England 42 - 20 Scotland

Feb 03, 2007 17:58

I should be ecstatic that England just won, especially by that margin, but GAH!!!! I don't care that Johnny Wilkinson is the returning golden boy of rugby union, HIS FOOT WAS IN TOUCH.

That was not a try.Excusing a ref on the pitch is one thing, but he knew he couldn't see and called in the video ref - who ignored what both commentators and ( Read more... )

sport, rant

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typical February 3 2007, 18:11:14 UTC
Good job you weren't in our household - we were screaming blue (ho ho) murder at the TV and then the referee when they gave that! And even were it not for his foot, how on earth was the ball under control when he planted it?!

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sophiedb February 3 2007, 18:19:50 UTC
Good point - we were too busy yelling about the foot to think that far.

Bloody useless video ref. I hope he gets the sack, because no-one's going to trust his calls after something that blatant.

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jennifer_nz February 3 2007, 20:09:52 UTC
I'm a Libra and I soooooooo believe in fair play! It's not often you find someone my age who still believes the world should be fair, but I'm one of them! Even if it goes against my own team... Scotland's attitude may very well have been negatively affected by that call, especially if they begin to think that nothing they do will be rewarded because the refs are biased.

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sophiedb February 4 2007, 08:57:55 UTC
Pretty much everyone I know (who likes rugby) is fuming about it.

Good on the main ref for referring the decision on, because he wasn't in the right place to see, but the video ref failed to do his job - paid job - miserably *head!desk* If we could see it, why the hell couldn't he? Bias or blindness, he's an idiot.

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