Former Australia head coach Alan Jones has not held back after the Wallabies\u2019 controversial Bledisloe Cup defeat to the All Blacks on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Dave Rennie\u2019s men were 37-34 ahead with a minute-and-a-half of the game remaining when they were awarded a penalty five metres out from their own try-line.<\/p>\n
All Bernard Foley needed to do was kick the ball into touch but, after being warned by referee Mathieu Raynal to speed up the process, the French official penalised the fly-half for time-wasting and awarded a scrum to New Zealand.<\/p>\n
The visitors would go on to score in the last minute and once again retain the Bledisloe Cup, and Jones was not happy.<\/p>\n
He felt Raynal lacked empathy and understanding for the match situation.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs the referee buggering up the game? Undeniably, yes,\u201d the ex-Wallabies coach, who was in charge of the national team between 1984 and 1987, told Daily Mail Australia<\/i>.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have little sympathy for someone running down the clock, but by the same token you would hope that the referee would have some feeling for the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis isn’t the first time a team has been penalised for time-wasting but it’s the first time it has happened at such a crucial time in such an important game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jones also believes that referees have an \u201cinordinate amount of control over the game.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe referee is intent on blowing the whistle but you can’t argue with them because there is so much rubbish in the law book,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat’s why AFL is so popular. The umpires don’t have to do anything. There’s no rules in Aussie Rules. It’s non-stop action.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn rugby the referees are ruining the game. You wire them up for sound and give them power and they want to be the stars. That’s why you only get 32 minutes of actual play.<\/p>\n