WHY is it beyond the capabilities of most scrum-halves to roll a ball straight for a metre and why are more and more players backchatting to referees?
So congratulations to Nigel Owens for penalising these offences during the France- Ireland match.
However, his intervention was intermittent so it still occurred at odd moments – such as when he wanted Johnny Sexton to retreat from an HIA discussion.
I wish the international panel would call an extra ordinary meeting to thrash these problems out. It should take half an hour at most to back referees for strong consistency.
RICHARD PHILLI...