Pivac: I’m reporting ref Poite to World Rugby

By ALEX BYWATER

WALES head coach Wayne Pivac slammed the refereeing of Romain Poite after his team suffered a 24-13 defeat by England in the Autumn Nations Cup in Llanelli.
It was a seventh loss in nine games for Pivac. His team did score the first try through England-born centre Johnny Williams, but England were deserved winners as Henry Slade and Mako Vunipola grabbed tries and captain Owen Farrell kicked the rest.
Pivac felt his team were harshly penalised by French official Poite at the scrum.
He also believed his flyhalf Dan Biggar had been taken out in the air by man of the match...

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