Couldn't see the game live, so caught all the hoo-ha before seeing it. My observations in the cold light of day (very different from watching live):
1 - I don't get all the stuff about the "Brumbies not playing". They went through multiple phases of attack a number of times even late in the game. This was hardly a pommy or Irish rugby performance
2 - Jackson the ref was wobbly, and Mowen did a great job on him (Jackson actually apologises to him in the 17th minute) - but he was far from Bryce or Kaplan-esque and the carry on about the penalties is hysteria. He binned two players. That there weren't more was largely down to how the penalties fell between the cards, the tries and the gazillion mistakes the Reds made.
The idea that he would start binning a player or awarding a penalty try for any subsequent penalty is just daft by the way. Listen to yourselves.
1 - I don't get all the stuff about the "Brumbies not playing". They went through multiple phases of attack a number of times even late in the game. This was hardly a pommy or Irish rugby performance
2 - Jackson the ref was wobbly, and Mowen did a great job on him (Jackson actually apologises to him in the 17th minute) - but he was far from Bryce or Kaplan-esque and the carry on about the penalties is hysteria. He binned two players. That there weren't more was largely down to how the penalties fell between the cards, the tries and the gazillion mistakes the Reds made.
The idea that he would start binning a player or awarding a penalty try for any subsequent penalty is just daft by the way. Listen to yourselves.