Harlequins head coach John Kingston took issue with referee David Rose after his side's 46-6 defeat at Gloucester.
Redpath plays down McGeechan factor
Harlequins head coach John Kingston took issue with referee David Rose after his side's 46-6 defeat at Gloucester.
Kingston argued the Cherry and Whites' second try, scored by Tim Molenaar, should not have been given because of a Lesley Vainikolo knock-on.
"I can't believe, for the life of me, that Gloucester's second try was awarded," Kingston said.
"That was right on half-time at 13-6. There was a knock-on, which everybody in the ground saw, and, at that point, Harlequins were well and truly in the game.
"We got a try disallowed for a forward pass which, if it was forward, then fair enough but it was about as forward as a try they had when a guy popped it to them.
"Cleggy (Rory Clegg) throws a pass on their line, the guy (Gareth) Delve is about two yards offside, he intercepts and they go the length of the field."
Kingston added: "I am not going into a public discussion about the officials. I have just said to you that it does not take a rocket scientist to work out that, if somebody knocked a ball on and a try was given, that's a fact.
"Fact - the guy knocked it on and a try was given so there you go.
"We have been stung there by crazy individual errors. You could play that game 10 times and that would not be the way the scoreline would be.
Key decisions
"There were key decisions which went against us when the game was tight. It may seem on the scoreboard that it was a hammering and it is."
Gloucester head coach Bryan Redpath said his side could only play to the whistle but was delighted with the result.
"We got a bit of luck with mistakes and knock-ons. (Quins') heads went down, obviously, towards the end and they struggled but the boys have worked hard for six or seven months and they are doing themselves justice now," he said.
On Kingston's comments, Redpath added: "We take what is given. I am not the referee and the players will play what is in front of them. There are lots of decisions throughout the game which are not right and that's life so we will get on with it.
"That is the key thing. I don't think it had a massive impact on the game."
Lions coach Sir Ian McGeechan is advising Redpath, but the Gloucester coach added: "People make more of it than there is. He has never watched a training session, he has never seen the team, he has just been a blackboard for me to bounce things off and make sure I am going in the right direction.
"Ian is just there for me to use. He is a consultant, he is not here as a coach and that has been the whole thing about it. The players and staff here should get the credit (for Gloucester's revival) and that is the key thing.
"It is important that Ian is there for someone like myself, to talk to when we are going right or wrong."
