Summary
WALES coach Steve Hansen produced a Gallic shrug of the shoulders yesterday after two refereeing decisions arguably cost his team an upset at the Millennium Stadium.
Referee Stuart Dickinson ruled out a second-half try fromRhys Williams after Tom Shanklin took out two French defenders,but had earlier missed a forward pass in the build up to a try from French scrum-halfJean-Baptiste Elissalde which put the game out of grasping Welsh fingertips in a pulsating finale. A try from Martyn Williams in the final three minutes brought Wales back within a converted score of Les Bleus,despite the visitors seeming to have been in control of the match with 10 minutes to go.See the full content of this document
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Rugby Union: Defeated Hansen: Rule Book Needs Ripping U ; Hansen: Irb Must Change the Rules Six Nations Wales 22 France 2 9
It all begged the question of what might have been had two questionable decisions not been made ...
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