Lions slam World Rugby for 'lack of foresight' on Jonker TMO appointment

British & Irish Lions assistant coach Robin McBryde believes World Rugby showed a lack of thorough planning after the appointment of SA's Marius Jonker as the Television Match Official for the first test against the Springboks.

Jonker was criticised by Lions head coach Warren Gatland after the latter felt he had missed a potential red card for Bok scrumhalf Faf de Klerk in the 17-13 loss to South Africa ‘A’ last week. "It was unexpected, we only found out on Wednesday," McBryde told reporters. He added"there is a slight lack of foresight" since the neutrality of the TMO position is so important."There was not a Plan B put in place. But we have to get on with it."McBryde added that the Lions coaching staff had a fruitful meeting with the on-field match officials, Australian referee Nic Berry and his assistants Ben O'Keeffe from New Zealand and Frenchman Mathieu Raynal.

"The TMO’s say is pretty final, and so it is an important position. But I’m sure there will be no issues at the weekend. The impression I got is that they want to move on and they trust in their own communication and understanding."

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