That was a try
Just watched the 2nd half of the Scotland-England match and here’s a few things I noticed…
62 minutes – THAT WAS A TRY. The ball stops its rotation when Laidlaw gets hand to it. His hand applies downward pressure, but the TMO fails to do his job right and Scotland are denied a brilliant score. (Oh, [...]
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