By Rugby Onslaught

Stuart Hogg miraculously gets away with cheating with blatant yellow card offence

It was only a matter of minutes into Scotland's Test with Wales on Saturday when a refereeing decision was again at the centre of attention.

On this occasion it was captain Stuart Hogg who avoided punishment after what many online feel was a deliberate knock on. It came after Wales made a break from their 22 and scrum-half Tomos Williams tried to offload the ball to his winger Alex Cuthbert. However, Hogg intercepted by leathering the ball forward. Referee Nic Berry gave a penalty to Wales as an offside player picked up the ball, however, the officiating team did not think that it was a deliberate knock on. While it was highly unlikely Wales would have scored from there, it surely would have, and maybe should have, been a yellow card.

Take a look and decide for yourself:

Wales 23

15. Liam Williams (Scarlets – 75 caps)

14. Alex Cuthbert (Ospreys – 48 caps)

13. Owen Watkin (Ospreys – 27 caps)

12. Nick Tompkins (Saracens – 17 caps)

11. Louis Rees-Zammit (Gloucester Rugby – 13 caps)

10. Dan Biggar (Northampton Saints – 96 caps), captain

9. Tomos Williams (Cardiff Rugby – 30 caps)

1. Wyn Jones (Scarlets – 39 caps)

2. Ryan Elias (Scarlets – 24 caps)

3. Tomas Francis (Ospreys – 61 caps)

4. Will Rowlands (Dragons – 14 caps)

5. Adam Beard (Ospreys – 30 caps), vice-captain

6. Taine Basham (Dragons – 8 caps)

7. Jac Morgan (Ospreys – uncapped)

8. Ross Moriarty (Dragons – 50 caps)

Replacements

16. Dewi Lake (Ospreys – 1 cap)

17. Gareth Thomas (Ospreys – 6 caps)

18. Dillon Lewis (Cardiff Rugby – 35 caps)

19. Seb Davies (Cardiff Rugby – 13 caps)

20. Aaron Wainwright (Dragons – 35 caps)

21. Gareth Davies (Scarlets – 66 caps)

22. Callum Sheedy (Bristol Bears – 14 caps)

23. Jonathan Davies (Scarlets – 93 caps)

Scotland 23

15. Stuart Hogg – Exeter Chiefs – (Captain) – 89 caps

14. Darcy Graham – Edinburgh Rugby – 23 caps

13. Chris Harris – Gloucester Rugby – 32 caps

12. Sione Tuipulotu – Glasgow Warriors – 2 caps

11. Duhan van der Merwe – Worcester Warriors – 14 caps

10. Finn Russell – Racing 92 – (Vice-Captain) – 59 caps

9. Ali Price – Glasgow Warriors – 47 caps

1. Pierre Schoeman – Edinburgh Rugby – 5 caps

2. Stuart McInally – Edinburgh Rugby – 44 caps

3. WP Nel – Edinburgh Rugby – 44 caps

4. Jonny Gray – Exeter Chiefs – 65 caps

5. Grant Gilchrist – Edinburgh Rugby – (Vice-Captain) – 49 caps

6. Sam Skinner – Exeter Chiefs – 16 caps

7. Hamish Watson – Edinburgh Rugby – 46 caps

8. Matt Fagerson – Glasgow Warriors – 18 caps

Replacements

16. George Turner – Glasgow Warriors – 21 caps

17. Rory Sutherland – Worcester Warriors – 17 caps

18. Zander Fagerson – Glasgow Warriors – 43 caps

19. Magnus Bradbury – Edinburgh Rugby – 15 caps

20. Rory Darge – Glasgow Warriors – Uncapped

21. Ben White – London Irish – 1 cap

22. Blair Kinghorn – Edinburgh Rugby – 28 caps

23. Cameron Redpath – Bath Rugby – 1 cap