Is John Lacey aiming for the ‘Worst Ref of the RWC’ award? He made the wrong decision at almost every breakdown, normally giving the penalty against the second or third offender. How many penalties were given to players not supporting their weight?
Mind you, if a ref needs to think twice when a player who is actually sitting down reaches into a ruck and takes the ball out then I have a feeling that ref may not be the best in the world.
My thoughts exactly!
It would be unfair to blame the referee for Wales’s so so performance but goodness me was it frustrating to see Fiji seal the ball off almost every ruck and commit a lot of Welsh players to the breakdown or even win a penalty bizarrely.
It also bugged me that his interpretation of “advantage” is something that ends when one pass is made and actually didn’t ever exist at any point in the match.
Don’t get me wrong Lacey was pretty iffy from both teams’ perspective.
I’m just happy Wales won as even that outcome was in the balance at one stage. Truth is this game was always about winning and hoping England lose and the bonus point is unlikely to really help them as even a BP in a losing match against Aus is a big ask.
Can’t wait for Sat 😀
