Owen Doyle

Andy Farrell and his coaching team deserve great credit for Ireland’s disciplinary record, which contrats with England’s poor one

Given what Farrell’s men endured, it was a quite brilliant display which left the Scots bereft of ideas long before the end

Everyone is agreed the system needs to change to ensure player safety, but not everyone can agree on how to do it

Ireland got out of jail in their Six Nations game against Italy as McCloskey avoids yellow card

Owen Doyle: Concussions are occurring in school and club rugby and that puts the game in a high-risk place

Presiding official played his role in a memorable game but inexplicably failed to brandish a red card for Atonio’s dangerous hit on Herring

How a referee can trust his TMO to make a crucial decision without checking for himself is beyond me

Six Nations’ officials staking claims to be selected for France 2023 panel

In stark contrast, a huge smash into Carberry by Toulouse’s Arnold went unpunished during another weekend of rugby’s House of Cards

The guardians of the game failed to come up with a plan to address head-high hits, and also failed to improve scrums and advantage play

Harlequins player deemed guilty by RFU panel of referring to Bristol Bears opponent’s mother as worker in sex industry

Decision not to penalise Andrew Warwick’s head-on-head contact with Manu Tuilagi is confusing

Decisions on Cian Healy and Antoine Dupont cards cause even more confusion on what constitutes foul play

South Africa remain a formidable World Cup obstacle to Ireland

Owen Doyle: Over-fussy refereeing now becoming a blight on the game