Pau vs Tigers - Sat 18 Jan 20

[RagingBull]

Taufua literally picks up the ball is tackled in the ruck then told to leave it.

[Mark62]

So what about the 2 minutes of the yellow card which has been taken up but they were not without a player for that time so the 10 minutes should restart from now

It was only a minute taking the conversion into account.

Doesn’t whitehouse realise they have to take the hit at scrum time

[CitizenSmiff]

I try to steer away from blaming officials as its usually just fan bias, but this lot are so bad you wonder if they've got money on the outcome.

[WhitecapTiger]

Only a penalty for having too many players on the pitch?

I'm surprised any of these officials actually noticed - although it might have been nice if they'd noticed straight away. The whole match is a bit of a shambles.

It appeared to be Geordan Murphy going nuts in the stand that brought it to attention

[OakhamTiger32]

Huge turnover at the maul

[Jimmy Skitz]

great turnover at the Maul but I hate seeing us not compete at the line out, when we have we've won some on their throw

[Mark62]

Clock still running while Ref talks to front rows

[RagingBull]

Whitehouse everyone
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rug ... r-13794751
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX7UW0wwvB4
https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/ ... -1.3654689
https://www.theoffsideline.com/cockerill-refereeing/

[WhitecapTiger]

Taufua literally picks up the ball is tackled in the ruck then told to leave it.

It is beyond comical now, I await the lecture/acceptance that officials make mistakes from some posters after the event but this lot are simply incompetent, inconsistent and in terms of rugby, irrelevant - Pau are simply taking the pee because they've seen that he will (hardly) penalise them.

When you ignore repeated offences yet penalise an innocuous contact (whether in law or not) it's no wonder supporters question the partiality of some officials.

[Scott1]

The ref didn't gift them two early trys!!!

[OakhamTiger32]

Taufua is incredible! Huge impact

[Jimmy Skitz]

he's lecturing the front rows but didn't say time off! how is this guy a qualified ref?

[RagingBull]

For a player who isn't a 7 he does a good job impersonating one.

[OakhamTiger32]

Clock still running while Ref talks to front rows

A minute of the game wasted listening to a lecture about scrums! What a joke at this stage of the game

[WhitecapTiger]

Taufua immense, finally allowed to compete at the breakdown without imagined off feet, great turnover.

Pino (sic), the diving shot winger, named MOTM.... just about sums up that results are more important than sportsmanship these days.