Reigning Olympic Gold Medallists, Fiji mounted a furious comeback to defeat Ireland 19 – 15 in their quarterfinal matchup at the Stade de France.
Holding the ascendancy for the bulk of the contest, Ireland scored three tries through Zac Ward and Chay Mullins (2) but failed to land any of their conversions.
As one would expect with Fiji, they struck from a long-range for their scores, and they dazzled with three moments of magic to score.
One of their scores, however, has set rugby Twitter alight, with many claiming their second try came courtesy of a knock from the kick-off.
In real-time, the Irish players could be seen protesting with the referee to check with the TMO, but to no avail.
Taking to X (formerly Twitter), many including former England flyhalf Andy Goode highlighted the incident which has caused debate amongst fans.
Clear knock on from Fiji that leads directly to the winning try over the heart broken Ireland team. How was this not checked by the TMO in an Olympic quarter final? If the TMO isn’t allowed to check it’s even more ludicrous pic.twitter.com/SIa4Gy1Dok
— Andy Goode (@AndyGoode10) July 25, 2024
Ireland done by the ref missing a knock on from the kick off which leads to the winning try for Fiji. Can the TMO not intervene in 7s when it leads to a try? Shocking
— Andy Goode (@AndyGoode10) July 25, 2024
How are they not looking at that for a Fiji knock-on? Irish lads fuming
— Pat McCarry (@patmccarry) July 25, 2024
How are they not looking at that for a Fiji knock-on? Irish lads fuming
— Pat McCarry (@patmccarry) July 25, 2024
How are they not looking at that for a Fiji knock-on? Irish lads fuming
— Pat McCarry (@patmccarry) July 25, 2024
Where is the TMO check check?
THAT WAS CLEARLY A FIJI HAND
— Andy McGeady (@andymcgeady) July 25, 2024
Four years of savage work to go out to a clear knock on, no TMO. I appreciate 7s has different officiating guidelines but at this level, that is unacceptable.
Super effort from the players and staff. Lots to be very proud of 🙌🏼🇮🇪
ADVERTISEMENT— Greg McWilliams (@GregMcWilliams1) July 25, 2024
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