Irish man here , it was a bloody disgrace of a decision , Scotland were the clear winners .

I m English and thats a shocking decision.

Saffer here, after being on the foot the ball was on the ground. Soon we will have a tmo to watch the tmo😂

Martian here. Absolutely ridiculous decision to not award that try. I'm embarrassed for all you Earthlings

Irish here. Gutted for Scotland. As a neutra there the best team to watch.

As someone from Ireland that's not how I wanted to see Ireland & England have the only chances at Grand Slam win with Scotland getting cheated. I wanted a more conclusive ending. But sure at least Scotland still has a chance at the triple crown while we have a chance to make history with the 1st back to back Grand Slam win in the 6 nations. It would have way more intresting if the right call was made and it was Scotland vs Ireland playing at game 5 in Dublin for the Grand Slam

TMO, VAR, councils, governments, all about as use a chocolate fire guards!

Irish fan here. Scotland won that game. Unfair call in the dying moments.

If i were a Scot I would be livid the try was disallowed but I would also be furious with Scotland for kicking away so much good possession and not playing rugby. Finn Messi-Russell needs a serious reality check for allowing his team to become to disengaged two weeks in a row.

South African here. That was a joke. Inexplicable decision by the TMO. Well done Scotland, you won that game.

it was definetely a try, if you look at the TMO there is an angle from cross side where we see in two phases, first of all the ball on the player's foot then clearly on the line. it s a big mistake by video refereees and i hope that scotland coach will ask them to answer for such a decision because this is not acceptable not to take the right decision especially with all these video cameras that we have on the field

Dreadful decision. The TMO stated on live TV 'Nic, the ball is on the ground'. So, a try. Then for some inexplicable reason he changed his mind after asking again to see the same footage on which he had based his decision that the ball had been grounded. It’s either incompetence or something worse.

Problem is you have to play better to avoid these circumstances much better.

Not a good advertisement

From a French, it was a clear try (except I think Russell is clearly offside at the start of the action, same as MdW after Fickou's break, 1m from the Scottish Line and nobdy notices!). Refs have too much influence on the game

Have to play for 80 minutes not 40 mins

Not a game for the neutral.Dire stuff from both teams.

Try or no try , wasnt Russell offside when he filched the ball a few moments earlier? If the try had been awarded would they have gone back to look at that and would it have invalidated the "score" anyway?

Bigger complaint was the regular and repeated penalties France gave away on their own line the end of the first half, including a shoulder charge on the line, and no penalty try was awarded. Not even a warning to the French team. Obviously it is up to the discretion of the referee, but generally when a team give away 2 or 3 penalties away defending their try line, you get warned to drop that or the next will be a penalty try. Otherwise defending teams would just keep fouling in defence until the attackers accept a penalty kick. The TMO decision just rubbed salt in the wounds of Scotland giving the game away. Scotland did mess around in the 2nd half and should not have played that kicking game. Hindsight and all that. So, many people will remind Scottish fans of that... but still stands, the ref and TMO made a mess of the call at the end. But, it is crap we have to live with and all part and parcel of the game. The laws, and rightly named, always seem to be open to personal interpretation and very situational. I felt the ref was too quick to whistle held up and never properly checked if it was. He was on the wrong side to see clearly. In the old days he would have screamed at them to stop moving then review and even slowly remove players until they could be clear. Instead, he did the lazy modern thing and relied on TMO to try and clearly prove him wrong... which is always going to be an uphill battle. The ball was grounded, the ref and TMO agreed on that if you listen back to it... until suddenly deciding a blocked view suggested it wasn't. All that should have been looked at after that point of seeing it was grounded was when the grounding occurred - if it was before or after the ref whistled to call the decision. The only thing that could have been under the ball at that point was a hand, and a hand on its own rarely stops and egg shaped ball from being grounded. unless its clearly tied up, which it wasn't. Very difficult to handle a situation like that, but I strongly suspect before TMO a ref would have used to old logic of the ball has to have been CLEARLY held up after the whistle has been blown. Like an attacking player rolled on their back and ball tied up or a defending player has ripped it away or has control of it. A lower leg does not really conclusively tie up a ball, as shown in this instance. TLDR: Scotland gave the game away... but also got screwed by lady luck when they needed it. But, you can't rely on luck to pull you out of your own mess to win games.

Scottish Canadian here, you must have heard me screaming from all the way over here.

This is just one of those games that are dreadful to watch from the first to the last minute and every single minute in between and that you're only relieved to be on the winning side and utterly gutted when on the losing side. Best to put it behind you and look forward as quickly as you're able to.

Welshman here with English and Irish heritage (seems you have to disclose that before you comment). The referee on the pitch had the best view and was closest to the action and should have made the call. Replays were inconclusive, but someone else has commented that the referee called "held up" before the ball was grounded.

Truly shockin decision. Was unbelievable to hear how the officials came to their daft conclusion

It probably was a try and Scotland were robbed but the initial call was it wasn't a try it looked like it was placed down as there is a shot it was it was on the ground just no shot it was over the line on the ground. It's unfair for Scotland but these decisions can happen Ireland were on the reverse of it last week it wasn't a try but the initial call was it was a try even though it was placed in front of the try line. Ya have to play well enough where a bad initial call by a ref won't be a factor. Both teams played badly even though Scotland had quite a few chances to increase their score. France's try was a forward pass but France had another opportunity to score where Van Der Merwe was offside. Scotland barely scored in the 2nd half like last week against Wales

That was a goddam try

Disgraceful decision, makes a mockery of the whole game.

Genuinely poor decision. Why is the referees decision so important? Why is it more important than 4 minutes of slow motion replays? Most pundits were saying that they were 90% sure that Scotland scored. THERE YOU GO THEN - IT’S THE BETTER DECISION. (Not Scottish).

100% that was a try and the two seemed to indicate that but didn’t push it to the ref? Scotland won that match but need to rely on more points not a ref decision,as Finn said afterwards.

That decision can be over turned rugby authorities need to do the right thing here and come out and award the win to Scotland if it was England they would demand this be put right

scotland didn't play in second half....so, the result is what it is.

Watched the ball being grounded any other team would have got that.

The Mayo of rugby.

Scotland lost that game when they decided to play football tennis, they had all the momentum, they need to quit that shit…

Referee and the TMO bottled it & cowardice

English guy here and that decision was rediculous. It’s so important we have confidence in the officials and things like this just destroy it. Clearly a try.

Another poor second half.We could have put it out of sight.France we’re rubbish and we let them back in

Sorry for Scotland but it looked like they grounded the ball after the ref had blown for 'held up'.

I've mixed feelings on this game, I expected a fast frantic game you'd normally associate with both these teams which we never really got, but ultimately felt Scotland deserved the win, but I cant for the life of me understand why Scotland have this bad habit of going into a defensive mode once they take the lead, they should've pushed on especially when they had the opposition rattled like that.

Unlucky Scotland 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

This year there's only one team anyway. And that's Ireland! The 5 other teams are years behind.

I think a lot of people are being unfair to the referee, he said he didn't see the ball grounded and sent the decision to the TMO , the TMO ultimately said that he didn't have conclusive proof that a try was scored so he couldn't overule the on field decision, personally i though it was a try however the problem with the system is similar to the problem you get with refered decisions in the cricket, once an initial ruling is given the pictures have to clearly show that the ref is wrong, it would make more sense for the TMO to have the final say because at present he is hamstrung by the original call of the on field referee , actually it would make more sense for the ref to look at the pictures to see if he believed it was a try instead of listening to another official in his ear . I think it was a try however unless they change the system this won't be the last time this happens.

There are no rule technicalities that excuse this. Bloody disgraceful.

Which is worse var or tmo emmm both

Refs Training training needs to be reviewed. Does their training include scenarios like this, with one ref in the car park and the other in a stadium environment? I would have a number of tapes from real games that they practice communicating and deciding. In this case the officials correctly identified the ball was grounded, but the main ref was hesitant about making the decision and the TMO let this poor decision be made.

Clearly a try for Scotland

As an Englishman the Scottish were robbed and the referee should hold his head in disgrace

Thats what happens when you blindly follow any stupid law. At one point we need common sense... This is a great reflection to have in our society, not only in sport because it works the same

Poor game to much aimless kicking Scotland and France haven't looked good this year

It was clearly on ground but was it over the line?

Both teams are not great overall anyway. A poor game showing that these teams are nowhere near good enough to even come close to winning a tournament of any kinda. Scotland were robbed of the win. Italy I think could do Scotland.

Irish man too - Scotland were robbed - do not blame the TMO who has to give conclusive proof to the refs questions..the ref called it initially and should have stuck to his on field decision.

Scotland spurned 3 straightforward penalties, trying to be too clever by half going for scrums instead of certain points, which would have won the game. They've only themselves to blame. They did very well against a much Heather side

It shouldn't have come to that in the first place. Scotland nearly blew it last week, and this week, they did. Kicking the ball back and forth, sitting on a narrow lead.

lot of crappy calls------everybody on the field and Murray field watched Penaud knock the ball on. The referee had a bad game. It happens

scotland don't do second halves.

Ref was man of the match again, 70k witnessed a try 1 person did not, terribly biased decision, ref should be banned for life....

What every body is missing is that “conclusive” does not mean 100% certainty. It means making a conclusion on rational assessment of the evidence. The only rational conclusion is the ball moved off the foot and went onto the ground. The footage is very clear the ball dropped off the foot and had there been a hand or other human body part under the ball, the ball would not have dropped that much. The TMO made a very poor decision and did not understand the rule he was dealing with. What people are also missing is that their was a mix-up between the ref and the TMO - the TMO was waiting for the ref to say - I see the ball going of the foot and onto the ground and I think it’s a try. Instead the ref used the words ‘so YOU telling me that ….’ thus putting the responsibility back onto the TMO. The TMO then ‘shat’ himself and, not properly understanding what is meant by “conclusive” as used in the rule - made the wrong decision.

He was looking for an excuse because he knew Scotland was going to get crushed by France. Trying to blame not having 5 of his players before the match even began,

Scotland stopped playing in the second half. Cry me a river Gregor

One of the tries was s bit dodgy too. No 22 blue obstructed two tacklers . Don't worry son come back stronger

HAS ANYONE ASKED SAM SKINNER WHETHER HE ACTUALLY GROUNDED THE BALL???????

sorry but Scotland blew it.....wasting all that time kicking and not playing any rugby....

Scotland hard done by

I’m from Australia and I like ice cream…. Mmmm. It’s nice

I didn’t see a ball being grounded at any stage of the review process. Ref didn’t see it grounded at the time, the video didn’t conclusively show the ball on the ground on or over the line, ergo it’s no try. Baffles me how people who actually watch rugby can’t process this. Unlucky the evidence want there perhaps, but the correct call was made in the end.

Always the same for scotland if that's a bigger nation its given as try

l’ecosse a gagner i’ts a try for scotland i’m french and the scotland win

If France had played much better Scotland would have played much better too to still lose by a score.

Put your big boy pants on Gregor, a serious team wouldn't be in that situation

In fairness, French boot under the ball and while it looked different from different angles they couldn't confirm that a hand or indeed the same boot wasn't under the ball, leaving all that aside Scotland decided not to kick two certain 3 pointers in first half and that was the difference between the two teams.

Scotland are clearly a 40 min team this 6 nations. Playing against a disorganised rabble in France and yet Scotland found a way to lose. They insist every year that they're a match for any country and yet it just never materialises.

English man here, I had £25 on Scotland, you barstewards...

Step down gregor ,really poor Scotland!!!

To be fair, he'd be that dour if they'd just won the World Cup.

With some of the best athletes in this competition, Scotland once again showed a lack of mental fortitude to finish. They only have themselves to blame.

If it were England I doubt the decision would be made by this bunch of hypocrites, everything is fine for them. That's why the Boks are better Erasmus. From Brazil with affection.

Talk about passing the buck !!

Joke of a decision. Injustice done. What’s the point of these so called professionals if they can’t do their one job correctly? I understand the issue with referees being harassed but these things need to be called out. The tmo and referee nick berry should not take part in another test.

Windy Scotland deflate their country's fans again with another flakey performance .nice to see their hype balloon burst early in the tournament.

I'm not convinced these southern hemisphere referees are up to the job, The one who refereed the England match was not much better. There's a pool of British Isles lads who'd be a better bet.

Scots didn’t play in second half.Completely shat the bed!Same old story.

Je comprends maintenant pourquoi on n'a pas été champion du monde .

Tmo guy should lose his job absolutely shocking

Scotland can't see out a game, 60min teams don't win trophies!

Scotland has great players and Townsend is a great coach but it's probably time to rethink the setup....... they have to go to Dublin and their odds aren't good

Cheated all l can say

Wtf did Scotland not spread it wide to the right with all of France surrounding the ball. Scotland's own fault.

Ahh now Scotland, enough excuses, 6 points up and decided to stop playing. Same as last week.

Fair result .

C'est pareil quand Kolbe commence sa course avant qu'il ait le droit face a un tireur de penalite. Pour une fpis qu'un arbitre desavantage un pays anglo saxon on va pas s'en plaindre.

Was really typical Scotland performance they could of won it but they didn't take there chances

Bottlers😂

Scotland think they're better than the actually are. Always have an excuse but they don't have the mentality or skills. Why would you risk being held up with the last play of the game when France were completly sucked in!?

Con Inglaterra en el.mundial tuvimos q sufrir este referee sin huevos para cobrar.

Worse decision ever poor scotland

French too classy Scotland lost momentum

Scotland stopped playing in the second half, that is the truth. France were there to be beaten. The try should have been given, but it should have come down to that! 😘

Yeah but you didn't see the hand under the ball just like you didn't see the ball on the ground. No way can you see anything. No try. Scotland lost it themselves.

Robbed, again.

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