Legislation 9.20 states: “A participant should not cost right into a ruck or maul with out binding onto one other participant.”

It additionally states that “making contact above the road of the shoulders with an opponent is a harmful play and is prohibited”.

“I do know some folks in Australia are quoting the legislation and saying he’s going in low,” stated Owens.

“However if you’re quoting the legislation you must recognise each gamers had been low coming into the ruck.”

Welshman Owens retired from worldwide duties in 2020 after officiating in 100 Take a look at matches, together with the 2015 World Cup ultimate between New Zealand and Australia at Twickenham.

The incident has divided opinion with Rugby Australia chief govt Phil Waugh demanded World Rugby clarify the controversial determination.

“There are a variety of specialists on social media and a variety of pundits who assume they’re specialists at refereeing as properly,” stated Owens.

“There are a few issues it’s essential decide right here.

“To begin with, are Jac Morgan’s actions authorized? Is he coming in low and are the arms out able to wrap and filter out?

“If he wasn’t doing that and main together with his shoulder then you might have foul play and a penalty.

“His actions are good in the way in which you’d count on a participant to scrub out.”

The incident was extra dramatic as Tizzano fell backwards holding his head after Morgan’s motion.

“There’s a likelihood the Australia participant who has come into the ruck has not come by means of the gate however that is irrelevant within the consequence as a result of if there was foul play it might trump that,” stated Owens.

“The Australia participant will get in and he’s very low. This occurs all through the sport and also you see many of those incidents.

“Jac goes in and tries to get in very low or beneath him to clear him out. So it is textbook clearing out for me.

“The one time this is able to be unlawful is that if the Australian participant was in that place and Jac was a few seconds later arriving and he had time to readjust, then there could be conversations about foul play.

“As a result of it’s comparatively dynamic, because the referee has defined, each of them are just about there concurrently.

“The Australian participant will get there a cut up second earlier than, however Jac is already coming in with a authorized clearout, so there is no such thing as a foul play.”