Ulster’s disallowed late try should have stood admits URC head of referees

Ulster head coach Dan McFarland’s view that replacement prop Callum Reid’s disallowed try in the dying embers of the 23-20 defeat to the Stormers should have stood has been officially vindicated by the United Rugby Championship (URC) head of referees, Tappe Henning.
The incident was discussed on South African rugby station SuperSport’s Final Whistle programme and Henning, a participant, said that the referee, Italy’s Gianluca Gnecchi and the television match official Quinton Immelman got the decision wrong.
Gnecchi originally gave the try but as Ulster outhalf Billy Burns lined up the conversion, Immelman asked the Italian to review footage. The officials adjudicated following a …

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