Autumn Series Rugby.

Unless World Rugby bring in new rules where you can only have 14 players against Wales then I dont see how these consistent Red's help Wales in the long run.

Wales get their wish, Fiji down to 13 now.

That new law where your opponent gets a goal line drop out if you're "held up" on the try live is absolute bullcrap

At the end of the day the LRZ score wasnt a clear grounding so because of that the decision should be "try yes or no", its only when there is a clear grounding that the decision should be "Any reason I cant award a try". Its the sort of thing that tends to go against tier 2 nations, even today in the Georgia France match the Georgian winger who scored the second clearly was in at the corner which had a clear grounding yet the ref said "on field decision is no try" because the Georgian player may have had a foot in touch...now if France were in that exact same position do you think that would be on field no try? Not a chance.

Entirely and totally agree.....

Someone needs to explain to me how the ref thought LRZ got any downward pressure on that ball.

Exactly. Let’s look at their record this year.

Beat Ireland at home after Ireland got a red card early on, but Ireland were still very much in the game right up until the last kick, which was an unforced error by Ireland that could have still led to an Ireland win if it had found touch.

Beat Scotland away by a single point after Scotland had gotten a red card early in the second half.

Beat England well at home but there were a number of very, very favourable officiating calls in that game that all went their way. It was still a 1 score game though with 5 mins left.

Beat Italy well, because who doesn’t these days.

Lost to France in Paris.

Beat Canada well, because who doesn’t these days.

Drew away to Argentina even though Argentina had a red card after 30 mins. Argentina still managed to lead for most of the game.

Well beaten away to Argentina.

Hammered at home by NZ.

Beaten at home by South Africa.

Win at home against a Fijian side who played 20 mins with 13 men and a further 36 mins with 14 men. It still took them 66 mins to go in front and it was a 1 score game until the 73rd minute.

So Wales have won 6 of their 11 games so far this season. Of those 6 wins, 2 were an absolute gimme (Italy and Canada) and 3 involved the opposition getting red cards (2 in the first quarter) yet still being very much in the game right until the end. The other win was the one vs England that had some incredibly dodgy officiating calls.

I’ve never seen a side with luck like it. And yet they were rarely convincing. Other than the Italian and Canadian games, all the games they won were in the balance in the last 10 mins. The strange thing about Wales this season is that arguably their best performance was in Paris, where I thought they actually played really well. But had Ireland and Scotland not given up those red cards it’s conceivable that Wales finish that tournament in 4th or 5th place. Because both Scotland and Ireland nearly won those games even with the man down. The same is true of Fiji at the weekend. Wales can’t ride that luck indefinitely.

I think that could be a fascinating game. Assuming Australia aren’t red carded for something!

If Wales are stuck im sure the ref will find a way although even that isnt working as it now seems the opposition needs to go down to 13 now for Wales to win!

Think u are all deluded,even with the 16th man and world rugby u still couldn’t compete.biggest bunch of hypocrites NH.fact is ref was a joke and when getting pulled for it claims to be a victim.

The rants here from the expected individual just make this sweeter. If anyone linked with one of my teams did something like this I’d be equally disgusted. Its as clear a case of bullying as you’ll get. But no doubt many SA fans will circle the wagons and cry foul. Let them.