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Owen Doyle

👤 Speaker
297 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Counter Ruck
Is rugby’s TMO process fair?

And if refs make mistakes, fine, they take it on the chin and they do.

The Counter Ruck
Is rugby’s TMO process fair?

And the system is very robust.

The Counter Ruck
Is rugby’s TMO process fair?

And that's why people like Johan van Graan can be measured about it.

The Counter Ruck
Is rugby’s TMO process fair?

I mean, I was impressed with the way he dealt with it.

The Counter Ruck
Is rugby’s TMO process fair?

But behind the scenes, he's quite likely to be saying something else.

The Counter Ruck
Is rugby’s TMO process fair?

That's fine, too, because he should be livid about it, quite frankly.

The Counter Ruck
Is rugby’s TMO process fair?

But they do the system whereby they send in video clips with questions to the referee and to the referee manager of that tournament, in case of a rugby show or a judge.

The Counter Ruck
Is rugby’s TMO process fair?

And I can tell you, they get back very honest answers.

The Counter Ruck
Is rugby’s TMO process fair?

There's very little evasion in those answers.

The Counter Ruck
Is rugby’s TMO process fair?

I think that I said the same as he said the other day.

The Counter Ruck
Is rugby’s TMO process fair?

And that is frustrating.

The Counter Ruck
Is rugby’s TMO process fair?

And I mean, you know, we should be sidetracked a little bit.

The Counter Ruck
Is rugby’s TMO process fair?

I mean, look, Leinster's record is unbelievably good.

The Counter Ruck
Is rugby’s TMO process fair?

I mean, they've lost finals in the last second.

The Counter Ruck
Is rugby’s TMO process fair?

They've lost finals by a point.

The Counter Ruck
Is rugby’s TMO process fair?

And obviously we want to see that overturned.

The Counter Ruck
Is rugby’s TMO process fair?

But does that suddenly make the Leinster set up terrible?

The Counter Ruck
Is rugby’s TMO process fair?

It's a very high bar.

The Counter Ruck
Is rugby’s TMO process fair?

They have to jump every time at the moment.

The Counter Ruck
Is rugby’s TMO process fair?

It's bound to be an English referee.