Rennie is refusing to say whether World Rugby acknowledged any officiating errors from the Springbok series, offering only a pointed 'I won't divulge that' when pressed. The silence speaks volumes. Meanwhile, he's doubling down on his brake foot criticism — arguing it adds complexity without measurable benefit — though he expects scrum controversy to ease against the Wallabies given the trans-Tasman game's different set-piece dynamic. Barnes's claim that the Boks were gifted penalties 'for bugger all' clearly hasn't been walked back privately either, or Rennie would have said so. The piece also touches on the aerial battle ahead, with Rennie acknowledging the Wallabies' air game but expecting them to carry ball far more than the Boks did.
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Rennie stays mum on World Rugby's RGR officiating verdict
Rennie won't reveal what World Rugby told him about RGR officiating, keeps hammering the brake foot law, and sizes up the Wallabies' aerial threat ahead of the Bledisloe opener.
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