The lock’s infringement could have been punished by a penalty try and a yellow card had it been judged deliberate
Paul Willemse, France’s try-scoring lock, has confessed he was on tenterhooks as the officials deliberated over his knock-on in Cardiff. Wales were chasing the lead when Willemse knocked the ball on as he tackled Ken Owens, with Josh Adams free outside him.
It was one of several key moments in an exhilarating contest. Had the knock-on been deemed deliberate a penalty try and yellow card would likely have followed, the momentum of the match dramatically shifted in Wales’s favour.
Written by Michael Aylwin
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