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Paul Rees: Southern giants lay down an early Nations Championship marker

Paul Rees sees the south on top in the Nations Championship and says the TMO acting as referee is a system failure
Pieter-Steph du Toit on the charge for South Africa against Wales.

The first leg of the Nations Championship had a fitting conclusion with a long television match official intervention after the referee Angus Gardner awarded Argentina’s wing Bautiste Delguy a try that left the Pumas needing the conversion to draw what had been a chaotic game.

A criticism of the three weeks, especially in New Zealand and Australia where they are used to far less TMO interference in Super Rugby, has been the time taken up to look at actions that go beyond groundings and foul play.
What happened in the closing moments in Santiago del Estero brought the TMO system into disrepute...

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