Glaring inconsistencies of referees

WOULD someone out there please help me with my concerns about a few grey areas in rugby? The International Rugby Board chooses to ignore my e-mails. Referees make questionable and sometimes downright dishonest decisions that could hugely affect the outcome of a game, sometimes even a team’s position on the log.

Rule 20.6 states that the scrum-half must feed the scrum in a straight line or in one bisecting the scrum. This rule is consistently violated. Hookers no longer compete in winning the ball. Scrummaging has become irrelevant.

Hookers are invariably punished for feeding a line-out in a crooked line. A player lands on the ground on the opposite side of a ruck without having a negative influence on the opposition’s play. Some referees penalise him for that. Why?

A player in the last line of defence kicks the ball down field, and instead of running his teammates onside, he retreats, leaving his team-mates to do the chasing. Penalty! Many referees turn a blind eye to this.

For a player to steal the ball on the ground, he needs to wrap his hands firmly around it. Sadly, often a player touches the ball to win a penalty.

Another issue is the rolling maul. The players in front of the ball-carrier are guilty of obstruction. The one prop forward pushes and the opposite prop pulls, causing the scrum to wheel.

Will a player be contravening that law when on attack close to the opposition’s try line? Never! Yet the attacking prop is punished.