Plenty of supporters voiced their concerns
France’s Louis Bielle-Biarrey celebrates as he runs in to score his sides first try(Image: ©INPHO)
France got the opening try against Ireland in their Six Nations clash on Thursday, but it did not come without controversy.
Louis Bielle-Biarrey was the scorer for the hosts. However, a number of fans felt there was at least one, but possibly two, forward passes in the build-up to the try.
They argued that Nicolas Depoortère passed forward to Yoram Moefana, who then also knocked forward to Bielle-Biarrey, who sprinted up the line to get the game’s opening try. Ireland fans also had complaints about France’s second try, claiming that Antoine Dupont picked it up from the scrum.
“France get a try from a forward pass and no one even checks it,” read one comment.
“How was that a good try for France two forward passes,” asked another fan.
Someone else said: “A forward pass for the France try no? How does that not get reviewed?”
One other comment read: “That looked like blue forward pass, then second try it looked like a knock on as Dupont picked it up from the scrum. I think France lucky twice…”
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