World Rugby won't offer public explanation on Murrayfield controversy

World Rugby has no plans to issue any public explanation regarding the controversial decision not to award Scotland what would have been a match-winning try in last Saturday's Guinness Six Nations defeat by France at Murrayfield.

The Scots – trailing 20-16 – thought they had secured victory when replacement lock Sam Skinner pushed through and appeared to ground the ball on the line under a ruck of bodies as the clock ticked past the 80-minute mark.

Referee Nic Berry’s on-field decision was "no try", and after several minutes of high drama while footage was reviewed from various angles, TMO Brian MacNeice, having initially suggested he could see the ball on the ground, advised that there was "no conclusive evidence" to change the original call, much to the hosts' dismay.

"I just don’t understand how the referee didn’t see it," former Scotland international Craig Chalmers said on Monday. "He should have got in closer to it and put his hands in and had a better look."

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Head coach Gregor Townsend was similarly bewildered by the process that led to the try not being awarded. "I don’t understand the rationale," he said in his post-match media briefing on Saturday.

"When you see the pictures, and when you also see the conversation, they have already said between them that the ball has been placed on the tryline."

When asked last weekend if Scotland would be seeking further explanation from World Rugby, Townsend said: "It doesn’t really matter.

"We’ll get feedback, we do regularly, and that’ll