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Never seen the ref in this Scotland vs Fiji game, but I can understand how Fiji are struggling with him given his 0 comms style. Most of the Fiji players will be used to SH form of refereeing where there's information flowing from the referee confirming when ruck has formed, when hands should be off etc.
Instead this bloke just pings them over & over, its not cheating or anything but really Fiji are playing against 16 Scotland just get to piggy back down the field by kicking penalties rather than having to play much rugby to get territory. Very ugly sort of game to watch.
And that "obstruction" call near the end of the first half was pretty whack. Almost 0 impact on the tacklers ability to effect anything on Lemani who had released the box kick before he got there anyway (ie, at worst he blocked a late tackle).
@TagMeInSkipIGotThis @TagMeInSkipIGotThis that was pretty bizarre. Was he just standing in the wrong position?
I guess that's what the referee decided; didn't look like there was much (or anything) in it to me live. The Scotland defender kinda just brushed him on the way through and in any case the kick was gone, it had no effect on the play at all.