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Nick Cain: Referees must be told to cut out the forward pass

Here is a message to all the referees, assistant referees, and television match officials confirmed this week for the 2026 Six Nations: Put an end to awarding tries from forward passes.
Charlie Elliott:

Here is a message to all the referees, assistant referees, and television match officials confirmed this week for the 2026 Six Nations: Put an end to awarding tries from forward passes.
These have not been allowed in rugby union since the laws were framed, and unless those laws are changed, you have no remit to overrule them.

We are getting to the stage where there is barely a match in international and leading club competitions where refereeing teams and television commentators do not collude in waving through touchdowns in which the ball has clearly travelled forward from a passer’s hand...

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