Ireland players dejected after the loss to the Springboks at the Aviva Stadium last Saturday. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/InphoSign up to the Irish Times weekly rugby digest for the view from the press box with Gerry ThornleyHas everyone calmed down yet? True, it was yet another bad month for World Rugby’s foul play processes, and the officiating of said processes. Who in Ireland was complaining about officiating, or refereeing interpretation, or the scrum then? For all the failings of Carley and his officials last week, imagine for a moment an admittedly unlikely role-reversal.


Source:   The Irish Times
November 29, 2025 00:55 UTC