Former referee Nigel Owens has labelled the decision to penalise England at the scrum in the final minutes of their World Cup semi-final against South Africa as “very, very, debatable,” saying it goes down to the referee’s interpretation on the day. Former referee Nigel Owens has labelled the decision to penalise England at the scrum in the final minutes of their World Cup semi-final against South Africa as “very, very, debatable,” saying it goes down to the referee’s interpretation on the day.