What do you call a guy dressed in green and blue playing for England?
The referee!
It was a good win for England and the odds were on for an England win. Any team has a real task trying to get a result at Twickenham.
It was a good close contest until some of refereeing decisions set up the situation where the score flattered the Whites.
Why am I not surprised that the English TV coverage did not focus on the refs decisions.
Here are a couple that spring to mind -
1. Martin Williams was sent to the sin bin for an offence that all teams are guilty of - obstruction on the restart. This was a penalty offence, not a yellow card.
2. Welsh possession at a ruck on the English 5 metre, Dwain Peel has the ball knocked away by offside players - lost possession.
3. Michael Owens forward pass in the Wales in-goal area. This was shown on Welsh TV and it was a very dubious decision the pass was flat. This was compared with a pass in an English attack that was almost a try, where the boffins could mark where the ball was passed and where it was received and it was shown to be 5 yes 5 yards forward.
4. Healy's try was from his own blatant knock on.
Shall I go on?
All I was saying was that the best team won - no doubt, but the margin was out of proportion.
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