THE confused protocols surrounding camera angles, TV match directors, referees, and TMOs have been a contentious area throughout the professional era. The rub is that while they have created a lot of heat, they have not yet generated nearly enough light.
This season there has been more evidence of the confusion. It was kicked off by the disastrous meltdown involving referee Pascal Gauzere and TMO Alex Ruiz during the Wales v England Six Nations match in February, and last weekend we had a further Anglo-French flashpoint during Bordeaux v Bristol, in which there was a quarter-final berth i...