Scotland took a direct challenge to World Rugby after being controversially denied a winning try in the Six Nations match against France at Murrayfield in Edinburgh.
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Gregor Townsend's side forced a turnover and by the time they got to the line they were 20-16 behind going into the final moments.
Scotland star Sam Skinner then handed a whitewash, but referee Nick Berry was unable to see whether the ball was a touchdown. But instead of simply asking the TMO to rule on whether it had been a try, Berry made the tough decision to rule that there had been no try.
This forced TV match official Brian McNeese to look for hard evidence to overturn his on-field decision. However, despite the fact that from one camera angle it appeared as if the ball had rolled off France's boot and onto the ground, McNeice was not convinced that Bury's first on-field result was in favor of the Scotsman. He said he found no clear evidence to overturn his decision.
Scotland were furious at the call, with Townsend adamant that the match officials had made the wrong decision.
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Scotland is adamant World Rugby has some work to do
He reiterated his belief that Scotland should have won against France because Skinner hit a ground ball over the try line, and therefore sought some clarification from the governing body as to why that was not allowed. He made it clear that he would try to do so.
“TMO had more influence on the referee” [with the final call]. There's a pretty big screen in that corner so it should be the referee who decides that,” the Scotland coach told reporters.
“I don’t think I’m being biased when I say the ball was put on the try line, I think everyone thinks that. “That way we make sure we make the right decision. It can be done.
“If we had come here thinking it was a shame that the game held up and we held on to win the game, it would have been the right decision. But for us, it's clear that the decision they made in the end was not correct.
“It doesn't really matter. That game goes further. We regularly receive feedback and it will be one of several incidents for which we ask for an explanation, but unfortunately the outcome remains the same. ”
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