2023 RWC Buildup, Squads, Fixtures 'etc'

That was Barnes 2007 incompétence. But probably worse. Wales were so cynical not to mention their “injuries”. If only he hadn’t spilled the ball with the line open.

Fiji rode sideways.

those two chances they knocked on at the line will haunt them

Agree with this. despite the debate over ref performance, Fiji should look inwards after this result.

That's about as bad as I've seen it since Italy got shafted by Neville and Brace at Twickenham a few seasons back.

Liam Williams. Does he have any brain cells at all? He was the player who initiated the break inside their own 5m in the first half and then he kicks the ball away with 79 minutes gone. The fact it went straight into touch was the icing on the cake.

Whatever about Fiji making their own mistakes, that's bound to happen when they're playing uphill rugby. The pressure on them was immense.

Pressure that could have been alleviated with the awarding of the try prevented by a no arms tackle, or playing against 14 men much sooner.

Yes, they made mistakes but that's only half the story of that game. The other half is disgraceful officiating.

Rob Kearney had the balls to say it.

Fiji, on their line, would've been treated utterly differently to Wales. You will never convince me otherwise.

Sure they did but let's be honest, if they were disciplined they would be about 30 points better than Wales, as it was, with all their mistakes, they still should have won, you have to think there's some kind of unconscious bias there with those refereeing decisions.

Radradra had a fair bit of work to do even if he made that catch, their 10 would have had a tough conversion too.

It really is shamefull , I love rugby , but that level of biased officiating would not be tolerated in a football world cup , and people wonder why rugby struggles to thrive in more countrys.

Reese Zammit was on top of him, the bounce gave him a load of time to cover the ground. It was a poor pass.