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Pocock for leading try scorer of the Cup, unless they start reffing the maul correctly.
Not sure that was a yellow card, but good to see the TMO is working more invisibly.
So happy for Georgia, that was a gutsy win. They looked like they could tackle all day. Feel bad for Tonga, though, as I don't reckon that try that was disallowed came from a forward pass.
I reckon the role of the TMO should be like that of referrals in test cricket. They should be for picking up things that were obviously missed and not for dissecting marginal incidents just hoping to find something
Correct, but I was referring to this comment
'..at 2.16 4 England players detach and not one of the 4 are in contact with a Fijian player - therefore the maul is over.'
I can't see where in the laws it says this. OK, I jUst saw Strewthcobbers post with the relevant clarification
I'm not sure that it's an obstruction at 2:16 - isn't it the idea of a rolling maul to roll past the opposition? It's up to the opposition to realign and get in position to stop the drive forward. A maul needs an opposition player for it to start but nothing is said about it ending when no...