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Watching this live. Steve Walsh doing a number on England as Wales' 16th man. Southern hemisphere refs are usually worth at least 15 points to whoever England happen to be playing, but even Jonathan Kaplan woudn't be as blatant as this. Utter bl**dy disgrace
No, Ali Q makes a sound point. There were some decisions that I couldn't quite be sure about even with slo mo replay. That may well have made a few points of difference. But, as Pope Francis will tell you (were you to ask) he and the ref are infallible, so that's it.
In the end, the best team won, it was an amazing match and Rugby comes out on top again.
In the end, the best team won, it was an amazing match and Rugby comes out on top again.
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Ali Qadoo, maybe this will cheer you up 
Some words written by Tom Fordyce, the BBC Chief Sports Writer, this morning on the web:
Some words written by Tom Fordyce, the BBC Chief Sports Writer, this morning on the web:
Referee Walsh was never likely to be chaired around the streets of Twickenham even before awarding the hosts 12 penalties to the visitors' seven, but his role was an easy excuse that few England players would offer. Refereeing the scrum in today's game is a thankless exercise in guesswork and supposition. If Walsh's interpretation was that the more experienced front row was on top, it was no larceny. 27-point differences are routs not robberies.
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SREN, 1.3. No sour grapes, no oikball fan "we woz robbed" nonsense from me. The result was completely fair and LFA7 were the better side by far.
Guess this is a lesson not to post during the first half of a match, but to wait until the game's over (note to self: could do better).
However, it doesn't invalidate my point about certain S hemisphere refs - take a look at Walsh's disciplinary record and his expulsion from rugby's elite referee panel and you'll perhaps understand my misgivings. I'd have been far happier to see Nigel Owens referee the match, safe in the knowledge that he would be completely impartial and fair.
Off to pop some humble pie in the oven. Pip, pip.
PS: As with rugby, so with flying: with each passing year, the better I was
Guess this is a lesson not to post during the first half of a match, but to wait until the game's over (note to self: could do better).
However, it doesn't invalidate my point about certain S hemisphere refs - take a look at Walsh's disciplinary record and his expulsion from rugby's elite referee panel and you'll perhaps understand my misgivings. I'd have been far happier to see Nigel Owens referee the match, safe in the knowledge that he would be completely impartial and fair.
Off to pop some humble pie in the oven. Pip, pip.
PS: As with rugby, so with flying: with each passing year, the better I was
