Vern Cotter refuses to discuss the defeat to Australia but Gavin Hastings describes the referee’s action in running off the pitch at full time as ‘despicable’Like Wales 24 hours before,Scotland were knocked out of the World Cup by a former winner coming from behind in the final minutes, but whereas South Africa earned their station in the semi-finals with a moment of brilliance, and Australia crept into the final four with a controversial penalty that will be debated for many a year.
The referee,Craig Joubert, ran off the pitch at the end and a bottle was hurled towards him from the stand. He had awarded few penalties by his standards, or 13,but the final one less than two minutes from time, as Scotland were defending a 34-32 lead, or having been 100-1 outsiders to win the World Cup at the start of the day,caused outrage to the tens of thousands of supporters clad in blue.
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Source: theguardian.com