Oooops...the fateful moment for ref Angus Gardner. Photo/Photosport
He could hardly do anything else, when the television audience have seen the blunder.
But Australian referee Angus Gardner has owned up to the mistake which cost the Wallabies dearly in the first Bledisloe Cup test in Wellington.
Gardner, who will control Sunday's second encounter at Eden Park, was the
linesman who missed All Black centre Rieko Ioane nudging the touchline in the lead-up to Jordie Barrett's try.
"It was just a genuine miss - something it happens at that speed. Obviously I put my hand up for it," Gardner told Gold AM's Country Sport Breakfast.
Replays clearly showed Ioane was out but the try stood as the All Blacks and Wallabies played out a drawn match.
