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Wales coach Wayne Pivac was unhappy with England’s first attempt and plans to report the referee to World Rugby. (File photo).
Welsh Kiwi coach Wayne Pivac plans to report French referee Ramon Poite to World Rugby after a controversial attempt with England in a Fall Nations Cup match.
Pivac was furious that Poite failed to act after Wales playmaker Dan Biggar “was clearly taken in the air” in the run-up to the first try of England’s 24-13 victory at Llanelli on Saturday.
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England’s Henry Slade scores his first attempt, but Wales alleges that their player was tackled mid-air in preparation.
“The TMO comes in and says that, but the man in the middle dominates it,” Poite said at the post-match press conference.
“We then asked him to take a look before the conversion was taken, but our captain [Alun Wyn Jones] He was fired 20 meters away. That was disappointing. “
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When asked if Wales would raise the incident with World Rugby, Pivac said: “We have been doing it every week, to be honest with you.
“Behind the scenes we review the performances of our players and in doing so we collect the things that we send to World Rugby.
“We will certainly do it on this particular occasion because I was not happy with England’s first attempt.”
Pivac, who has overseen seven defeats in nine games since facing Kiwi compatriot Warren Gatland in February, said the loss to England was a good learning experience for Wales’ younger players.
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Louis Rees-Zammit, the 19-year-old winger from Wales, started against England.
It did not have five British and Irish Lions available, and gave wing James Botham, 22, and wing Louis Rees-Zammit, 19, their first starts against top-tier opponents and gave running back Lloyd Williams his first internationalization at four years.
It’s been a bit frustrating, but there have been opportunities for some of the guys you saw last week and I don’t think anyone seemed out of place there, ” Pivac said.
“There are many learnings for many young players who had the opportunity. When talking to them in the locker room, they are obviously disappointed, but they are excited that they were involved in a game like that. They learned a lot ”.
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Taulupe Faletau of Wales is tackled by England’s Joe Launchbury and Jamie George.
Pivac said he hated “sounding like a broken record,” but Wales saw the series as an opportunity to build depth.
“If we look at the World Cup team from 2019 to 2023, there would be a lot of guys in the age range of 33 to 38.
“We know there will have to be a change and some of that is happening at the moment and some players are not available.”
Pivac agreed that the record of two wins in nine games was “disappointing, but what we are seeing is: are we improving, are we exposing players to this level and are we building depth?”
