Forget the Champions Cup, this 'own try' could have huge repercussions* in world rugby

*Or the video ref might be a little colour blind.

RUGBY LAWMAKERS ARE always trying to tweak the rules of the game to make it a better spectacle for fans but this rogue video ref in Australia has taken it upon himself to start awarding ‘own tries’.

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Madness. Simply madness. Between renegade video refs, Mark McCafferty and Bruce Craig, rugby will soon be unrecognisable to the game we once loved.

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