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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce_ma gooshvili" data-source="post: 896629" data-attributes="member: 74121"><p>I'd imagine there is a chance Owens jumped at the chance of a wee trip to the Caribbean rather than being directly instucted to go there given the "importance" of the match Cruz, but yes, fair points. </p><p></p><p>I don't think this is any reflection on the referee, the Romanian Union or even the Rugby Europe President (at least not in terms of his nationality). It is more the general ineffectiveness of Rugby Europe and a lack of apparent interest and/or oversight (or general impotence) by World Rugby in the REC in particular and Tier2 in general (other than some of their pet projects). </p><p></p><p>If I was going to do a conspiracy I'd have appointed a Romanian referee in the Spanish games against Germany or Russia which on paper at the outset were far more likely to result in Spanish losses. </p><p></p><p>The Romanian union appears to invest more in suitably qualified referees than possibly any other Tier2 nation outside of Japan, so we can hardly criticise them for making referees available. </p><p></p><p>In summary, bleep happens, penalise any Spanish players who offended and learn from this scenario in the future.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce_ma gooshvili, post: 896629, member: 74121"] I'd imagine there is a chance Owens jumped at the chance of a wee trip to the Caribbean rather than being directly instucted to go there given the "importance" of the match Cruz, but yes, fair points. I don't think this is any reflection on the referee, the Romanian Union or even the Rugby Europe President (at least not in terms of his nationality). It is more the general ineffectiveness of Rugby Europe and a lack of apparent interest and/or oversight (or general impotence) by World Rugby in the REC in particular and Tier2 in general (other than some of their pet projects). If I was going to do a conspiracy I'd have appointed a Romanian referee in the Spanish games against Germany or Russia which on paper at the outset were far more likely to result in Spanish losses. The Romanian union appears to invest more in suitably qualified referees than possibly any other Tier2 nation outside of Japan, so we can hardly criticise them for making referees available. In summary, bleep happens, penalise any Spanish players who offended and learn from this scenario in the future. [/QUOTE]
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