That's what we are.
Cross the whitewash in Wales, Scotland, Ireland and your try could be disallowed, cross the border to England and break out the celebs; that's 5 points for your team.
The new season has heralded the introduction of new TMO trials in the Aviva Premiership, not currently in use in the RaboPro12; tonight the Scarlets finished their match in the latter competition probably hoping they were competing in the previous.
After a 3 match unbeaten run the Scarlets fell to their nearest rivals the Ospreys. A first half score could've changed the fate of the result completely, or at least given the Scarlets a draw as opposed to a losing BP.
The west Walian outfit, with it's young and exciting backline, saw Andrew Fenby run in for the first score after some magic from Scott Williams that set PYS alight. However, Fenby lost the ball once over the line and failed to keep control for the grounding; the referee Leighton Hodges went upstairs to hear whether or not the score was made but the TMO confirmed the home fans fears, 'Dim Cais'!
...But, the Scarlets winger was tackled as he went in for his dab down, a tackle that looked high as replays of the grounding were played out.
Had this match been in the English top flight the ref could have consulted the TMO as to whether foul play had been committed in the lead up to the score and would've been allowed and able to award a penalty try if deemed appropriate in that instance.
As it was, the result was the right one in the end. The Ospreys dominated the scrum, with replacement Ryan Jones showing what a class act he can still be.
The question for me, as a rugby fan this evening, is whether the Pro12 should have been simultaneously trialling the new law variation... what's the point in just doing it in the Premiership?!
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On a very separate side note, Duncan Jones (34) picked up the man of the match award this evening, he played for just over half the match, about 50 minutes but was outstanding in that time, especially in the scrum. The platform was there tonight for the Ospreys and they converted that into a win; if you don't have that platform, wins will be few and far between... Please take note Cardiff Blues.
