The refereeing decisions that marked Los Pumas in the Rugby Championship

During this Rugby Championship, The Pumas They always proved to be up to the task, hand in hand with the best teams in the world, however, and despite their attempt to prevail from the game, many decisions by the referees ended up working against them, which caused criticism and repercussions. The best of rugby, on Disney+ Premium Plan.

After the first two days without controversy in Argentina in front of the All Blacks It was time for the Australian tour and everything changed:

Paul Williams, protagonist in Queensland

The New Zealand judge, who had already directed The Pumas in view of Ireland when the Argentines were on the verge of winning the match in Dublinwas once again the focus for its debatable failures that tipped the balance, this time in favor of the Wallabies.

The doubts began at the end of the first half when the Contepomi They won 21-7 and had a scrum in five rival meters, but finally an infraction and a free kick were charged for the rival.

However, in the complement everything happened. Australia He came with a lot of attitude against an Argentine team that had a hard time maintaining the level, but managed to sustain the result until the yellow card came to Matthew Carreras by “the repetition of offsides in the defensive line of the previous try”and then came the free kick that enabled the locals to play and after losing the ball, they came back with an unusual penalty.

To make matters worse, on the last ball, after Juan Cruz Mallía scored a key penalty, the referee interpreted that there was a knock-on in the reception and awarded a scrum in favor of the Wallabieswho regained possession and after several attempts, scored the winning try.

The forward pass that world rugby talked about

In the revenge against the Wallabies, The Pumas they managed to prevail 28-26 in a match that had a scandalous ending after the referee Christophe Ridley and the TMO Do not consider a forward pass a clear assistance for the forward of Andrew Kellaway for Filipo Daugunuwho arrived and supported the ingoal and not only put the game in suspense until the end, but also allowed his team to add the two bonus points, which finally left them above Argentina in the standings.

In London there was no shortage of controversies

On the last date before South Africa in Twickenham It seemed that the problems in the decisions had been left behind, but there were two fundamental situations that affected the game.

The first came at 29 minutes with Canan Moodiewho had already been cautioned at the beginning of the match. The center of the Springboks tried to cut off a pass Juan Cruz Mallía for Geronimo Prisciantellibut when going for the interception it was clearly seen that it was an intentional knock on, which led to a new card. However, Andrea Piardi He argued that he went with both hands to look for the ball. Your coach, Rassie Erasmusdeclared that “he was lucky” in not being punished.

Already in the complement, Malcolm Marx He managed to reach the try after breaking away from the formation. It seemed that there were no problems with this conquest until it was appreciated how Cobus Reinachwho was trying to help his teammate to stay on the field, touched the ball at the same time as he stepped on the touch line. Incredibly, neither the referee nor the TMO They realized this situation.

So much Felipe Contepomi like several of the players, with the captain Julian Montoya as the main spokesperson, they emphasized these repeated and surprising failures, and showed their disagreement. With a lot at stake for the position in the World Rugby Rankings with a view to the group draw of the RWC 2027the November window will be key to determining whether this was just a trick.