Former Test referee Nigel Owens was left \u2018disappointed\u2019 after an alleged eye gouging incident was not looked at by the television match official.<\/b><\/p>\n
Midway through the second half of Scotland\u2019s 50-40 victory over France in the Six Nations Championship, the hosts set up a maul.<\/p>\n
Ewan Ashman was at the back with the Scots driving towards the opposition tryline when Oscar Jegou\u2019s fingers were placed around the eye area of the replacement hooker.<\/p>\n
Before Graham\u2019s try<\/p>\n
Darcy Graham would go on to score a try in that passage of play, but Scotland<\/a> wanted the alleged gouge incident looked at.<\/p>\n The TMO either felt the accusation did not warrant another look or did not notice anything on the replay, but the incident was seen by those watching on TV.<\/p>\n \u201cIt definitely should have been looked at. It doesn\u2019t look good to be honest. Looking at that footage, that player is going to be in a bit of trouble,\u201d Owens<\/a> said on the BBC.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are processes in place now to deal with that but it should have been looked at in the game. It was quite clear what the actions were.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was a great game of rugby and it didn\u2019t matter in the context of the game but on another day, where the score\u2019s tight, things like this are the ones you really want the TMO to come in \u2013 the clear and obvious.<\/p>\n \u201cEven if they have a look at it and then decide we can\u2019t really see from the footage.\u201d<\/p>\n Scotland player ratings: Sione Tuipulotu, Kyle Steyn and Finn Russell among the Scottish heroes in one of their \u2018greatest performances\u2019<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Could still be cited<\/p>\n Jegou could well be cited and subsequently banned, but Owens was left \u201cdisappointed\u201d that the incident was missed during the Six Nations<\/a> game.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t understand. Obviously, the TMO will be looking, he will have all this footage \u2013 probably more than we\u2019re seeing here \u2013 and when you look at that, you\u2019ve got to bring it to the referee\u2019s attention,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cA Scottish player went over and did say to the referee, \u2018something happened here, we need to have a look at it\u2019, and I think the referee said: \u2018There\u2019s a process in place and if we couldn\u2019t pick it up, they will look at it after in the citing process\u2019.<\/p>\n \u201cBut if you\u2019ve got clear footage like that, that\u2019s what you want the TMO to come in for. Based on that clear and obvious, you want to pick those things up. It\u2019s disappointing that it wasn\u2019t picked up.<\/p>\n \u201cWould they have seen enough evidence to deal with it with a red card? Who knows, but it certainly should have been looked at, and it doesn\u2019t look good to be honest.\u201d<\/p>\n