Cynical.

Former Ireland, Leinster and Lions captain Brian O’Driscoll has highlighted an area of the game he wants World Rugby to look at and potentially change going forward.

O’Driscoll reckons players who infringe (often cynically) when there’s a penalty advantage, should not be allowed escape punishment when the referee goes back to the original penalty.

The centre made the comments following a rather cynical piece of play from All Blacks lock Sam Whitelock in the 37th minute of Ireland’s 16-9 victory at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday. The lock clearly lies all over the ball with Ireland in an excellent attacking position, knowing referee Wayne Barnes had called a penalty advantage just moments previously.

Interestingly International Rugby Players highlighted that some of the world’s best players will be sitting down after the World Rugby Awards to “discuss laws of the game and referee issues with Alain Rolland and the World Rugby top brass.“

Will O’Driscoll’s issue be raised by the players? To be fair to him, he’s got a point. Teams should be punished for that kind of play.