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@GaytonMcK What a useless ‘minister’ who would rather fund ‘fans’ to have a holiday in the states than support the Arts community in SA. Remember the Arts is part of your portfolio. Not a slush fund for you to take funds from for F1 or Liv golf or fans at the world cup… joker!

We got your a husband my sister, let him pay for the love of his life, the Euro is very strong, Frenchman are known to be romantic, let him pay Sista Joy❤️🤛

Refs aside the cold hard reality is that two teams with a budget 3x and 10x that of the South African teams squeaked home victories with a fair amount of refereeing assistance.

🐝 ANOTHER IMPRESSIVE MAN OF THE MATCH PERFORMANCE BY A WORLD RUGBY MATCH OFFICIAL 🏉 The Stormers essentially threw this game away in the first half through critical defensive lapses and a surprisingly lazy approach that handed Toulon an early advantage. Even though the second half showed visible effort from John Dobson’s men, they often looked stuck in second gear and struggled to find their usual clinical rhythm. Nick Mallett, commentating alongside Breyton Paulse, was clear on both the positives and the areas for growth. He noted that while the Cape side showed phenomenal courage, they must learn to diversify their tactical approach when the try line seems out of reach. ⸻ 👉 There are ways and means of winning a game beyond pick-and-go close to the line. – Nick Mallett ⸻ These self-inflicted issues were compounded by massive refereeing blunders. The Stormers were on the receiving end of poor officiating throughout the clash, but the worst was saved for the final minute of the game. It appeared the visitors had scored a match-winning try, only for the man in the middle to be swayed by the acting performance of the Toulon number 14. Christophe Ridley was not in a position to see exactly what was happening at the bottom of the ruck, yet he made a call that stripped the Cape side of a hard-earned comeback. The decision left a bitter taste in the mouths of South African fans as the drama unfolded, as reported by SuperSport. ⸻ 👉 I agree 100% with Nick! This was an absolute dreadful performance by a match official! – Jay | JPS ⸻ The officiating has left fans and commentators alike questioning the consistency of decisions at the highest level. Mallett remained blunt about the situation, specifically describing the maul collapse near the try line as a dreadful decision that cost the game. 🎙️ Story by JustPlainSport .com #JustPlainSport 🏉 | #TOUvSTO #rugby #SouthAfrica #ChampionsCup #EPCR

looks fine to me ?

RCTvSTO these commentators are so biased and kak where does the #ChampionsCup find these kak commentators

Nick Mallett slammed referee Christophe Ridley after the Stormers' controversial Investec Champions Cup last-16 loss to Toulon. sarugbymag.co.za/watch-referee-…

Some of the decisions end of year last year could have done with that same kind of interpretation…. No consistency

Ridley making up new laws and new interpretations as he goes. ‘His intention was to hit it backwards’ do me a favour 😂

Is there any point to taking the champions league seriously with reffing like that. Joke

@rugby_ap The ref and the commentators must be having a few beers celebrating Toulons win

Cave on comms is absolutely impossible to listen to. So biased it’s not even funny. Would be half ok if he had any analytical insight but bereft of that too.

No the ref and TMO are cheating. There is a player offside, what do you mean the offside player has no impact?

@haribaldijones @THESTORMERS @LekkerRugbyPod @MegafoonRugby Would like to see the ref take that to the face and see if it’s gentle. Such a bad ref and terrible commentary

Gentle touch to the Kebble nose

@mart1w70 @landbourainier Diesel is going up by R8 a lt so do the math…

@landbourainier Please do the proper maths … 1 mill lt x old price then 1 mill lt x new price .. the difference is the actual profit .. but I hear you

How is the TMO calling that a shoulder barge…. Ridiculous SHAvMUN

@GregAFC Not a ruck yet

While I’m a massive fan of England losing, that huge penalty, when England were looking dangerous right at the end, looked like the Italian 6 came in from the side? Thoughts? #SixNations #ITAvENG

@FrontRowRugbyXV That’s a king idiot! Wowsers

I'm not in the mood for nonsense, today.

@Nigelrefowens @louwjl @WorldRugby @emirates No comment if it was actually a drop Kick or a punt though…

@louwjl @WorldRugby @emirates The actual clips are the same balanced and informative. The only mistake they made was the headline to the clip so don’t forget that .

Matthew Carley joins Whistle Watch this week to talk us through THAT try for Scotland 👀 Watch the new episode of Whistle Watch now on the World Rugby YouTube channel 🖥️ #WhistleWatch | @emirates

@johnagshjkjgfbn @GreggMac11 Don’t think SA approached the Beast when he was 16 in school….

@GreggMac11 This happens in all international sports. SA have even taken players born in other countries with no ties to SA, capped them on residency

Ridiculous poaching this. Targeting junior players from other countries really isn’t acceptable or shouldn’t be

@SBarnesRugby 6 week ban. Same as Wiese

Slow motion...yawn