NOW EDDIE TACKLES THE WORLD OVER BLUNDER REF

EDDIE JONES last night blasted World Rugby for hanging Twickenham’s blundering video ref out to dry.

Three days after TV match official Glenn Newman chalked off Gareth Anscombe’s try for Wales against England (far right), the sport’s rulers publicly declared he was wrong. An unimpressed Jones (below) raged: “Once the game’s done and dusted that’s the game.

“You can’t have retrospective refereeing of decisions being done.

“We’ve got to trust the referees, respect their integrity. When I say ‘respect the referee’ that’s the TV process as well, and then you leave it at that, you get on with it. One side’s won, one side’s lost. “In Japan they have a great saying – at full-time there’s no side. That’s one of the traditions of rugby, you respect that decision.” Jones added that World Rugby had previous when it comes to turning on their own – referring to the 2015 World Cup when they said ref Craig Joubert had been wrong to award the penalty that cost Scotland a semi-final spot.

Yesterday’s statement read: “The TMO made an error in the application of law during the England versus Wales match at Twickenham... Wales should have been awarded a try as the Wales player grounded the ball.”