Nigel Owens has weighed in on two of the more contentious officiating moments from last weekend's Springbok-All Blacks Test. On the question of whether Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu should have received a second yellow card for his breakdown intervention — the one that led to Ardie Savea's try — Owens is clear: it was legal. His reasoning centres on timing: SFM arrived before the ruck was formed, came through the gate, and scooped the ball back on his feet. Owens acknowledges it was tight, but says benefit of the doubt applies and there was nothing cynical about it. He also flags the shift in refereeing doctrine — referees are now instructed to card cynical acts even when a try is subsequently scored — but argues this situation didn't meet that threshold. On the earlier deliberate knock-on yellow, Owens supports the call not to award a penalty try, noting that a South African defender was tracking and a probable score wasn't established. His broader point: the referee handled both calls correctly, in real time, without leaning on the TMO — and that deserves more credit than it typically gets.