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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
Rugby is a very fast and busy game. The on-field official and a VAR guy manage to resolve close calls - quickly (usually under 60 seconds) and completely transparently (we hear every word of their discussion).
For sure. I can just imagine there may have been warnings issued and these buffoons wanted to make him pay. I could also imagine they thought his tangling with Smith's pads was close to goalie interference - which is of course BS as that rule is written given it had no influence on his ability to make the save.
It took like 8 minutes...an awfully long time for 4 individuals to independently reach a unanimous decision...seems more likely that somebody was doing some 'convincing'
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I think the only reason it took 8 minutes is that Furlatt, being French, pretended not to understand the Italian word ‘capisce’