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- Chad: The at the end, high tackle. How did you see that one? Byron: ⁓ It's tough when the ref makes the call on the 80th minute. but you also have to give respect to the referee. I don't know, are we having a... having a connection issue on. you Alright, guess we'll just have to edit that out. You're muted. Chad: Yeah. Okay, back. Byron: ⁓ Yeah, I don't know what is that like from this 15th minutes or something like that to the 18th Chad: Yeah, I'm using myself all knowing. Byron: Sick. All right. What were we talking about? England, France... Chad: Hey, we're talking English fans, Turkish fans, being the worst. Byron: Yeah. And then you ask about the penalty at the end. Yeah. Chad: ⁓ yes yes yes. ⁓ What do you reckon? Byron: So I think it does suck when a ref gives a call on a, I wouldn't say 50-50, but like a difficult call at that point, given what the score is. But at the same time, you have to respect the referee in that moment because it's not the ref's job to look at the clock and look at the score and then consider the rule. If there was a high tackle, which there was, the ref gives the high tackle, regardless of the score, regardless of the time on the clock. So some people will go, oh, how can you make a last minute decision like that? And you go, well, if it's the 20th minute and he makes that call, does anyone get upset? And if you say no, then fuck you, the rules are the rules, then he's supposed to do it at the 80th minute as well. So yeah, I think that's fair. I think it was a high tackle. And that's it, that's rules of the game, regardless of the time on the clock or the score. Chad: I agree with you. I just think that there was a whole bunch of those throughout the game that didn't get called. Byron: Yeah, which is the complaint that you and I have from like in the dawn of time, which is just be consistent. That's all it is. Even if it's the wrong call from the first whatever, then just make sure you always get that call wrong for the rest of the game. That's some. Chad: Yeah. Yeah. Byron: But I do think England got done dirty, dead dirty, ⁓ for the France trial that was on the 60th minute. I don't know if you recall how it happened, but I think the ref got, he didn't get it wrong, but I think he did shaft England pretty aggressively. So what had happened was, ⁓ Chad: Just commit to being wrong. Byron: there was a knock-on from the French player and the ref called deliberate knock-on penalty advantage to England. So England were playing the ball and then the ref said penalty advantage so they kicked possession away. seconds, I'm talking like, while the ball was in midair from Scrumhoff to Flyhoff, the referee got the call from the bunker, well from the TMO. Chad: ⁓ yes, seconds. Byron: And it wasn't a deliberate knock on, it was a regular knock on. So it's not penalty advantage, it's knock on advantage. So once the kick is made, knock on advantage would go away and penalty advantage, they would have got the ball back for the penalty. So like while the ball was being passed, a referee called not penalty advantage, knock on advantage, then he kicks it, they lose advantage, Frans get the ball, come back and score a try. Chad: Yeah, I got it up here. Yeah. Byron: If you've got the sound on and you're listening to the referee talk to the TMO, man, I thought that was harsh on England because obviously he only did the chip kick because they had penalty advantage. If he knew they had knock on advantage, he wouldn't have tried that kick. Chad: Yeah. Yeah. Byron: So that one I thought was a little harsh for England, but also, you know, what do I care?