Video. Rugby World Cup 2023 – Philippe Saint-André: “When we organize a World Cup in France, we have external refereeing…”

This subject has been the subject of discussion in French homes since Sunday evening: Did Cheslin Koble Gone Too Soon? when countering the transformation of Thomas Ramos? Did Eben Etzebeth go forward on his interception? Did Pieter-Steph du Toit deserve a red card for his clearance on Jonathan Danty? In short, the arbitration of this France – South Africa. If some try to ease their pain and distance themselves from the decisions of the man with the whistle, others don’t give up. This is the case of Philippe Saint-André, former captain and coach of the XV of France. In the viàMidol daily show, Thomas Ramos’ famous shot on goal came up: “On the countered transformation, he must request the video, it is obligatory.“

Read also :
Rugby World Cup 2023 – “The referee is the easy excuse”: the column by Richard Dourthe

The Blues refereed as outside?

The current director of rugby at Montpellier also insisted on action at the end of the match: “At the end of the match when there is Penaud’s break, you say to yourself – we are playing at home, there are 80,000 people, we are the second nation in the world – it’s a ruck which is very fast, honestly there is South African players offside. He could have given us a penalty.“It will not happen, Ben O’keeffe will keep the whistle in his hand and the action will continue, without success. Philippe Saint-André is surprised that this situation was not favorable to the Blues, in this context: “We are organizing a World Cup in France, we have external refereeing.“Four days after this quarter-final lost by a small point (28-29), the pill has still not passed, Ben O’keeffe’s refereeing continues to be talked about. Still, he will be on the whistle for the England – South Africa semi-final this Saturday at 9 p.m.