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Peter Jackson: Eye-gouging Oscar Jegou sparks more anger

The strange case of Oscar Jegou has become stranger still, its verdict provoking another heavyweight ex-referee to weigh into the row with some telling blows.
Oscar Jegou

The strange case of Oscar Jegou has become stranger still, its verdict provoking another heavyweight ex-referee to weigh into the row with some telling blows.

Owen Doyle, Irish rugby’s director of referees throughout the first 20 years of professionalism, has called on World Rugby to hold an investigation beyond finding out ‘why the incident was not dealt with on the spot’ to redefining the rules of engagement for the Television Match Official.
In challenging the global governing body to do so as a matter of urgency, Doyle has gone beyond Nigel Owens’ initial criticism of Brett Cronan’s fai...

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