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8th December 2016
10:44pm GMT

The reaction from the Scottish coaches says it all.
https://twitter.com/watt_john14/status/567048631543660544
Nigel Owens
Often regarded as one of the best referees in the modern game, the likeable Owens is not without criticism.
In fact, it is often the Australian rugby public who seem to have the biggest problem with Owens' officiating.
Some felt he was responsible for their loss in the 2015 Rugby World Cup final but the most recent criticism levelled in the direction of the Welshman came in the last Bledisloe Cup game between New Zealand and Australia.
During this game, Owens disallowed a Henry Speight score which came at a crucial point in the game.
The try was disallowed as Owens had adjudged that Dane Haylett-Petty had blocked the chasing Julian Savea as Speight raced toward the line.
https://twitter.com/wbeaumont11/status/789735871071170561
Wayne Barnes
The barrister / international rugby union referee has more or less annoyed every rugby fan at one stage or another over the years - but one nation who have a particular gripe with the Englishman is New Zealand.
During Wales' tour of New Zealand during the summer, a huge mistake from Barnes led to some serious fallout from the Kiwi faithful.
Barnes disallowed what looked to be a perfect TJ Perenara try for a forward pass (which clearly wasn't forward).
What makes the situation even worse was that the TMO (who has the best view of the incident) stated that he had no problem with the try being awarded.
Yet Barnes disallowed it anyway.
https://twitter.com/Padzelli/status/741560994514755584
Some even went so far as to show photographic evidence to the officiator.
https://twitter.com/NZRugbyHeaven/status/742302400392749056
Jerome Garces
Unfortunately, Ireland have previous with this particular Frenchman.
During Ireland's defeat to Argentina in the 2015 Rugby World Cup (sorry for bringing that up), Garces made an incredible decision not to display a yellow card to Argentina's Ramiro Herrera.
The tight-head prop came charging in, head-first, late into the ruck, but he got away with it after the referee seemed to cut off his assistant.
'A fucking disgrace' - That's how Paul O'Connell described it as he watched on from the stands.
So there you have it.
As we look forward to a *hopefully* successful Six Nations for Ireland in 2017, we really hope that we will not be discussing refereeing decisions like the ones we have seen above.
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