I wondered who was actually Refereeing the game as the TMO was constantly advising and despite those obvious fingers under the ball shown on the screen Karl Dickson still awarded the try. I do not rate Dickson as he was promoted as a past player into Refereeing without the skill base. Where as Adam Leal was the opposite a few weeks ago.
Deans comments ~ Newcastle director of rugby Dean Richards:
"There just didn't seem to be consistency in the (refereeing) decisions in the first half, but in the second half we picked it up a bit.
"We just wanted to play a bit more with ball in hand as in the first half we tried to do too much from within our own half and George Ford, of course, kicked well throughout to pin us back.
"But in the first half, I was with the players on how hard done by they felt, it seemed there was a pre-conceived idea of how they were going to referee the game."
That is a new expression "pre-conceived idea" great.