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Wales captain Sam Warburton was sent off by Irish referee Allain Rolland in the first world cup semi-final. From that moment, it felt like France would win because only 20 minutes had passed in the match and good teams tend to beat opponents when they have a numeric playing advantage. But it went to the [...]

There’s been plenty of criticism and bad feeling about the Kiwi ref. [A record 3,500 people visiting this site the 3 days after the game as rugby fans look for reports] I’ve certainly not held back when I think Lawrence has had a crap performance and this was one of his worst! He comes from [...]

Athletic England lock Courtney Lawes received a 2-match ban for sliding in with his knees into Argentine Hooker Mario Ledesma in their opening world cup match in Dunedin. This seems fair to me. Firstly, the tackle on Argentine centre Gonzalo Tiesi was not late in terms of the rules - Lawes was clearly committed and even [...]

Purists will say ‘Never! human error is part of the game’. The problem is that technology can show us otherwise. Cricket umpires can be corrected by technology that traces the ball’s trajectory and says whether it was going to hit the wickets or not. The game can continue its natural course because a better decision is [...]