“The refereeing was not up to par,” laments Dupont

2023-10-16 07:35:16

By Arnaud Coudry

Published 9 hours ago, Updated 1 hour ago

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The captain of the Blues regretted the decisions taken during the quarter lost against the Boks on Sunday.

Asked about the controversial refereeing of New Zealander Ben O’Keeffe on Sunday, during the quarter-final of the Rugby World Cup lost against South Africa (28-29), French captain Antoine Dupon said: first returned the question: “And what did you think?” he told journalists. Before specifying: “It’s to have an outside perspective. It’s hard to have this speech, we can’t wait to see the images again which will make us even more frustrated. There are several situations. When there is an advance of 60 meters and we slow down a ruck, it is easy to whistle. I’m not going to be the bitter person who talks about the arbitration because he lost. But I think the refereeing was not up to par. »

The Blues scrum-half then added: “This does not take anything away from the performance of the South Africans. They had a great second half, which dominated us in the fight. They had a great match.”

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