THE TMO system is being pilloried, and justifiably, after a series of decisions over the summer internationals which have highlighted its inadequacies.
However, rather than raking over the coals of inconsistency and injustice in the incidents involving France wing Remy Grosso, as well as France fullback Benjamin Fall and New Zealand fly-half Beauden Barrett, and finally Australia full-back Israel Folau and Ireland flanker Peter O’Mahony, let’s find the real culprit.
It is called penny-pinching, and those who stand accused of it are the national Unions, and their over-arching gov...