United Rugby Championship: Connacht ‘never get any calls, ever’ says Ireland winger Mack Hansen
Hanson expressed his dissatisfaction with the lengthy review by the TV match official (TMO) when Connacht half Josh Ioane tackled Leinster hooker Gus McCarthy, with the refereeing team ultimately It was decided to award only a penalty kick.
In contrast, he felt Bundee Aki wasn’t subject to the same scrutiny when he was slammed by Jordie Barrett.
The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) provided the referees for the interprovincial derby, which attracted a crowd of 33,963 in Dublin. Chris Busby refereed, assisted by Peter Martin and Stuart Gaffikin and TMO Mark Patton.
“There’s no way you could sit there and tell me, like, the one that checked Gus McCarthy, how many times did they check it? How many times did they check it, 10, 11 times?” Hansen added.
“Bundy was hit directly in the head, it was obvious, no call, no care.
“Like we get calls like this every time…it’s really frustrating for us because people are going to say we’re an inconsistent team, but when you get some of the calls we got On the phone, of course, you will be.
“I’m not making excuses in any way, but when you get it week in and week out, I feel like it has to be talked about… We just felt like we were being left out, we never got the call Any call”.
