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Is rugby's video technology actually working?

Ugo Monye and Chris Jones discuss the current use of video technology and television match officials in rugby union.

Monye said: "It just sucks the energy out of the crowd if so frequently during a match you have to stop, you have to wait and the only entertainment you've got is a 60ft screen where you're reviewing the same clip over and over again and then you get the wrong decision.

"What we have is very good, the way in which we use it is very poor, we just need to find a solution.

Jones put forward his suggestions: "I would say, and this is going to take investment, the TMOs need to be properly trained, technologically savvy and able to find the pictures they want and isolate incidents they've seen."

This clip is originally from 5 live's Rugby Union Weekly, 11 December 2017.

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