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South Africa win the 2023 Rugby World Cup<\/h3>\n

The All Blacks’ agonising 12-11 defeat to South Africa in this year’s Rugby World Cup final has been plunged into controversy. It has been claimed World Rugby have privately acknowledged to the All Blacks that the ruling out of Aaron Smith\u2019s try during their clash with the Springboks was “outside the rules”.<\/p>\n

New Zealand publication Stuff, claims the governing body is refusing to make their acknowledgement public while the report goes on to add there are ongoing discussions with World Rugby about publicly clarifying that the TMO ruling breached the rules of the sport.<\/p>\n

The try was ruled out when TMO Tom Foley spotted a knock-on by Ardie Savea at the lineout before Smith bundled the ball over South Africa’s try line in the 54th minute. Referee Wayne Barnes chalked off the try after reviewing the footage on the monitor.<\/p>\n

However, the knock-on happened four phases before the try while the TMO only has the power to look back over two phases of play.\u00a0The TMO protocols that were updated in 2022 state that the TMO can only intervene for \u201call clear and obvious knock-on or throw forward infringements within two phases leading to a possible try”.<\/p>\n

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But former New Zealand head coach Ian Foster refused to place the blame on the referee during his post-match press conference. \u201cWe\u2019ve got to have perspective about this,\u201d said Foster. \u201cIt\u2019s a tough game to referee.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a lot of pressure on. Wayne is a quality person and has been a quality referee for a long, long time. I didn\u2019t agree with a number of his decisions last night but that doesn\u2019t change the fact he\u2019s a quality person and quality ref.<\/p>\n

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