“There are no doubt”: Nigel Owens revealed his opinion on the controversial Try of Australia to Los Pumas

The victory of Los Pumas facing Australia by 28-26 For the fourth date of Rugby Championship He left on the end a controversial play that ended in Try of Filipo Daugunu. The best of rugby, in Disney+ Premium plan.

The Wing reached the Ingoal after a pass forward of Andrew Kellaway that was not warned by the referee Cristophe Ridley Not for your assistants. And although the Argentines ended up celebrating, the conquest granted Australia Two bonus points that place him as the only leader of the tournament and with advantage to fight for the title.

Who referred to the action was Nigel Owensin the segment Whistle Watch what you have World Rugby to analyze and explain the different arbitration decisions. For the historic Welsh judge, there is no doubt that the play had to be annulled.

“To be honest, there is not really much debate in this case. I think it would be really very, very difficult to find someone to say that it was not a Forward pass. It is clear“, began.

And continued: “Sometimes, as a referee, when you are running you can have a player who passes in front of your view line, which means that you cannot see, then you rely on your line judge. Maybe he gets distracted a second seeing something else, in particular if the player is reaching the Try or Touch line. And, if he loses it, then you would certainly wait for the score to warn something that is clear.

“If it is debatible, 50/50, forget, leave it there. But, in this instance, someone of the refereeo team should have seen it because There is no doubt, it is a clear and obvious pass forward“Owens added.

“It is disappointing that someone from the team has not warned. This should be their learning. In the next game, this team of four (judges) will have learned that we really need these decisions. There is no doubt about that pass forward,”he concluded.