Lievremont’s position now untenable

IN A tournament devoid of any classic encounter to date, last weekend’s penultimate round of Six Nations Championship provided more incident and controversy than the previous three rounds together.

The try that wasn’t in Cardiff has been analysed to death and looks like producing another first with an official apology to Ireland from the IRB. That is only right but with Grand Slam-hunting England poised to visit the Aviva Stadium for the first time, it is also time for the Irish squad to move on and park the Trygate affair, irrespective of how much it has upset them.

I have always advocated that a bit of common sense should prevail when officiating at the highest level; given that the referee and his assistant missed four separate reasons to disallow Mike Phillips try on Saturday, what was wrong with the TMO being a little proactive?