Did the Lions loosies get away with murder?

About this episode

Nigel Owens and Ugo Monye discuss the first Test of the Lions' tour to Australia and the fairness of the match officiating.

Former ref Nigel Owens and former British & Irish Lion Ugo Monye cast their eyes over the first Test of the Lions' tour to Australia and examine whether the tourists got the rub of the green in Brisbane. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Guests: Nigel Owens, Ugo Monye

Topics covered

• rugby
• Lions tour
• sports analysis
• refereeing
• Australia
• British & Irish Lions

Keywords

• Lions
• rugby
• referee
• Australia
• Nigel Owens
• Ugo Monye
• sports
• Brisbane
• test match

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: World Rugby Studios

Places: Brisbane

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