Does rugby need to ban jumping?

About this episode

Nigel Owens and Alex Cuthbert discuss refereeing incidents from the Six Nations, including penalties and the laws around jumping in rugby.

Whistle Watch returns for another week with Nigel Owens joined by former Wales wing Alex Cuthbert to dissect all the challenging and curious refereeing incidents from the weekend of Six Nations action. Was Hollie Davidson right to penalise Ireland hooker Dan Sheehan for attempting to leap across the Italian defensive line to score a try? Did England winger Henry Arundell deserve a red card in the Calcutta Cup? And what to Nigel and Alex make of the current laws around jumping? Tune in for all that and more in the latest episode of Whistle Watch. Whistle Watch is in partnership with Emirates. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Nigel Owens

Guest: Alex Cuthbert

Topics covered

• refereeing incidents
• Six Nations
• rugby laws
• penalties
• red cards
• jumping in rugby

Keywords

• rugby
• refereeing
• Six Nations
• penalties
• red cards
• jumping
• Hollie Davidson
• Dan Sheehan
• Henry Arundell

Sponsors

Emirates

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: World Rugby Studios

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