Retired Test referee Owen Doyle has revisited the controversial Oscar Jegou Six Nations incident in Scotland that left a sour taste.
The match officials did not punish the French flanker during the round four match for eye-gouging a Scottish rival at a Murrayfield ruck. Instead, the March 7 incident was cited by the match commissioner, and the resulting disciplinary hearing ended with Jegou receiving a four-match sanction after a low-end six-match entry point was reduced due to mitigation that included the player’s good conduct and disciplinary record.
This punishment was far more lenient than the 12-match ban brandished to Eben Etzebeth following his eye-gouge in South Africa’s Autumn Nations Series win over Wales last…