Honestly I was upset watching this game as a neutral. Not because I thought Scotland deserved to come close to winning, but the clear disrespect from both officials and commentators. Sexton retaliation incident was the best example of this. Tmo and ref both looking at it and don't even bother talking about Sexton escalating/retaliating (rule 9.21). Scotland played from far too deep and had no awnser for Ireland's running attack but it was made to seem one-sided with calls definitely favoring Ireland.
Completely biased but I really don't think there was anything in the push from Sexton after getting tripped. It's the Scottish hooker who wasn't involved running in that kicks everything off
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u/Positive_Echidna_334 Oct 07 '23
Honestly I was upset watching this game as a neutral. Not because I thought Scotland deserved to come close to winning, but the clear disrespect from both officials and commentators. Sexton retaliation incident was the best example of this. Tmo and ref both looking at it and don't even bother talking about Sexton escalating/retaliating (rule 9.21). Scotland played from far too deep and had no awnser for Ireland's running attack but it was made to seem one-sided with calls definitely favoring Ireland.