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Toby Lerone
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It was interesting in the Fiji v Namibia game. The ball went in goal and a player from both teams went for the ball. Nigel Owens blew his whistle and asked the TMO the right questions. The response was that neither side had grounded the ball. It should have been play on, (I forget if the ball went dead, or not.) It just goes to show that you may as well ground the ball after such an incident if the whistle hasn't blown yet. You never know.
What happened next? Owens ordered a 22 drop out.
Does anybody remember how the ball got over the goal line?
A Fiji player just about got his hands on it but a Namibian knee/leg knocked the ball out of his hands and past the deadball line in goal.
It was kicked into in-goal by a Namibian player, so the 22 drop out was the right decision.
The TMO did ask him if he was going back for the flagged foul play (from AR Jerome Garces) but said before that it would have been a 22 drop out without the foul play (obviously not hearing Nigel Owens say that the advantage was over when he was making his decision).