What is more, Scotland made a lot of handling errors two weeks earlier against Italy, and that always makes a referee's job more difficult. And as anyone will tell you, when Ireland and Scotland play together there is a lot of dropped ball. However, the match went really well. Referees have certain clich s about teams, and the important thing is to leave them in the changing room. Oh yes, of course.
Players have reputations in the same way that referees do.
Amongst the Irish for example, I was a little worried about the captain and hooker. He has got a heck of a personality, especially in front of his home crowd. I had no problems with him. There is a lot of talk about the French try that was disallowed for a forward pass in this weekends England v France game. I am in favour of video evidence, but only behind the try line.