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I would say that rugby referees are allowed to get on with their job, so they find it easier to referee and apply common sense.
In football you have
Divers - meaning a referee is under pressure to get it right every time there is a foul in and around the penalty area
Managers - openly blaming referees for missing key decisions, and apportioning any blame to them rather than their players or, indeed, themselves
Players - Surrounding referees and pressurising referees during games. Kevin Nolan when playing for West Ham would be in constant communication with the ref during Cardiff's semi-final and, as the game wore on, I felt the ref was giving any 50-50 West Ham's way.
Media - They replay key incidents 4/5 times, in slow motion, from angles that differ from the referees. They then get a panel of three experts (mostly unbiased, since they either play for, or played for, one of the clubs) to give their verdict. If it differs from the referee's, the ref can expect exposure on the back pages of many tabloids. I wonder what that feels like?
The only other time I can remember a referee/umpire/official coming under as much scrutiny was when the Grand National starter cancelled the 1993 race. In most other sports, referees are allowed to get on with it.
Trying to match rugby with football is not that simple, in Rugby we only see the hand picked select few from Europe and the southern hemisphere .
In football its 100's more applying thier trade , almost twicec a week, analysed by millions and TV to death, if we got the same intense scrutinity of rugby , I do wonder with simalir exposure week in an out , how saintly the game of rugby would appear .
I'm not saying rugby is saintly, but the media exposure football gets is damaging to the game. How often will you see a referee, scheduled to referee the big Manchester derby next week, referee WBA v Swansea completely differently. How many referees did Fergie influence? I'd say that, if rugby referees were put under the same microscope week after week, then their performances would suffer.
Dembe, the point was the TMO said it was no try because the English player had his hand on it first, which is quite clearly not the case. He didn't even bother to look at it from all the camera angles.
It is now on record as the fastest TMO decision in the history of the game, and his reason for denying the try is shown to be totally incorrect!
That is what has caused all the furore!
Here's the Wales Online story containing a statement from World Rugby confirming that a try should have been awarded.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/...world-14284371