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Tuesday 20 October 2020
Meanwhile, Andy Farrell’s Ireland have learned who will be refereeing them this autumn.
The supporters at Eden Park could eavesdrop on the chat between the referee and his TMO.
The world governing body have confirmed a closed trial which looks at revising the scope of the TMO.
World Rugby expressed its unhappiness with the current situation in July.
Warren Gatland labelled the decision a ‘terrible mistake.’
Páraic Duffy raised the issue of TMO’s in his annual report today.
Strict new coronavirus measures are now in effect – here’s what they mean for you.
Welsh ref would like to see video replays used only to decide on tries.
World Rugby claim just 28% of stoppage time from the opening game was taken up by the TMO process.
‘The man upstairs’ has been too quick to demand a stoppage, and referees aren’t helping either.
The ‘referee’s bunker’ has already been successfully been trialled in rugby league.
Anthony Foley would like to see altered scrums, only five subs and the re-introduction of rucking in rugby.
There may now be a change to the team of match officials after Shaun Veldsman was assaulted in Cape Town.
The SMART Replay system is bring trialled by World Rugby with a view to the World Cup later this year.
Was it a forward pass from Phipps? You tell us…
The southern province’s head coach excused Ian Keatley’s four misses from the tee at Thomond Park.
The winger has told his side not to get distracted by the upcoming Aviva Stadium clash.
The western province’s head coach didn’t agree with decisions made by the match officials during last night’s defeat.
Former Ulster player Pedrie Wannenburg looked to have clinched a late point when he touched down near the Leinster line.
Coach Simon Easterby believes Ulster would be delighted to see Alain Rolland refereeing the Pro12 Final.
Toby Flood made Italy pay for their indiscipline but a fightback ensured a tight finish.
There is more bad news on the injury front, meanwhile, as Eoin Reddan suffered a leg fracture.
Munster climbed to third in the Pro12 table after their win in Galway.
Rob Penney will be furious at his side’s inability to stop the straight-up running of Strauss, Conway and McFadden.
Both sides were looking to get back to winning ways and there was a plethora of tries in the first 10 minutes.
Wales lost out to defending champions South Africa – and they were denied the points for this penalty. Judge for yourself.
Trap takes a hit on his wages, a Cats legend bows out and there’s major changes afoot for one Irish rugby province.
THE IRISH FARMERS Association has urged Irish MEPs to vote to ban words traditionally linked to meat products from being used on vegetarian alternatives.
The European Parliament is to vote this week on the terminology used for plant-based meat and dairy substitutes.
Amendments put forward would restrict the naming of such products so that they could not use terms normally associated with meat products.
One amendment would curtail the use of terms such as ‘steak’, ‘sausage’, ‘escalope’, ‘burger’ or ‘hamburger’ on products that do not exclusively contain meat.
The IFA has written to MEPs urging them to accept both amendments to protect Irish consumers and the agricultural industry here.
IFA President Tim Cullinan said yesterday that dairy products or plant-based meat branded with ‘real’ meat descriptions is “deliberately misleading to our consumers and undermines our industry.”
What do you think: Should vegetarian foods be allowed use words like ‘steak’ and ‘burger’?
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