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[EOYT] Wales v Australia, 30/11/13
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<blockquote data-quote="dullonien" data-source="post: 610393" data-attributes="member: 13739"><p>Also want to wade in on a few of Wayne Barnes' decisions.</p><p></p><p>- Forward pass for Tomane's try? If it was, it was very marginal imo. Folau's hands appeared to go in a lateral motion with his forward momentum accounting for most of the distance the ball travelled forwards. Personally I thought Barnes' decision that there was nothing obvious was a good call, favouring the attacking side, even if it hurt at the time.</p><p>- Cooper's yellow card. Crazy decision. It was literally a split second between an early tackle, and a perfectly timed one. Penalty, yes. Yellow card, hell no.</p><p>- Alun-Wyn's knock on towards the end. For me, the ball clearly went through his hands and backwards. Tough decision due to where we were on the pitch and how much time was left on the clock, but a decision that I can accept.</p><p>- Wheeled scrum. Imo it wasn't a deliberate wheel, just a combination of Bevington's poor scrummaging on the loosehead side, and Samson Lee getting a huge shove-on. Again though, if it happened earlier on in the match I wouldn't have minded too much, so I'm not too upset by the decision. Always difficult for ref's to determine when it's a legitimate drive or a wheel anyway.</p><p></p><p>Barnes also gave a penalty to Wales when North obviously wasn't supporting his bodyweight in a ruck out wide. So all in all, I thought Barnes had a decent game, with the yellow given to Cooper being the worst call imo. That decision didn't affect the result though, so we can let him off.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dullonien, post: 610393, member: 13739"] Also want to wade in on a few of Wayne Barnes' decisions. - Forward pass for Tomane's try? If it was, it was very marginal imo. Folau's hands appeared to go in a lateral motion with his forward momentum accounting for most of the distance the ball travelled forwards. Personally I thought Barnes' decision that there was nothing obvious was a good call, favouring the attacking side, even if it hurt at the time. - Cooper's yellow card. Crazy decision. It was literally a split second between an early tackle, and a perfectly timed one. Penalty, yes. Yellow card, hell no. - Alun-Wyn's knock on towards the end. For me, the ball clearly went through his hands and backwards. Tough decision due to where we were on the pitch and how much time was left on the clock, but a decision that I can accept. - Wheeled scrum. Imo it wasn't a deliberate wheel, just a combination of Bevington's poor scrummaging on the loosehead side, and Samson Lee getting a huge shove-on. Again though, if it happened earlier on in the match I wouldn't have minded too much, so I'm not too upset by the decision. Always difficult for ref's to determine when it's a legitimate drive or a wheel anyway. Barnes also gave a penalty to Wales when North obviously wasn't supporting his bodyweight in a ruck out wide. So all in all, I thought Barnes had a decent game, with the yellow given to Cooper being the worst call imo. That decision didn't affect the result though, so we can let him off. [/QUOTE]
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