Gregor Townsend has joined a chorus of Scottish voices protesting against the decision not to award Scotland what would have been a winning try at the death against France. For five agonising minutes, with time up, Murrayfield watched replay after replay of Sam Skinner’s attempt to ground the ball, while the referee, Nic Berry, consulted the television match official.
“It was clearly not the right decision they came to in the end,” the Scotland head coach said. “I think it was the TMO who influenced the referee more. They’ve got quite a big screen in that corner, so it should be the referee who decides. They’ve taken a lot of time to pore over it, and we can all see the ball’s over the line. I don’t think I’m being biased. I think everybody sees that.”
