After several seasons of rugby referees gradually ceding more and more power to television match officials (TMO)‚ World Rugby is reviewing the influence of the man behind the screen. World Rugby CEO Brett Gosper confirmed this to the media at the Sevens World Cup in San Francisco on Sunday. "There is probably too much reliance on the TMO at the moment‚" Gosper said. "The feeling is that we would like referees‚ themselves‚ to take a bit more control. "That’s something that we are going to work through. "We think we have the ability to move quickly‚ maybe have a different protocol ready to test in November‚ potentially." Controversial TMO interference has become a staple of rugby and in Super Rugby there has been inconsistency over red card and yellow card sanctions‚ as well as other decisions. It has forced a rethink of the influence of a TMO with SA‚ New Zealand‚ Australia and Argentina Rugby (Sanzaar) CEO Andy Marinos also saying that the organisation was studying TMO decisions. "A...
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