Two minutes and 28 seconds into the Test match, Tadhg Beirne makes a badly timed shoulder-to-head contact with Beauden Barrett. Television Match Official (TMO) Ian Tempest radios down: “Pierre, it’s Tempo.” Referee Pierre Brousset has just stopped play for an injury to the other Barrett brother, Scott. Again, he hears the TMO in his earpiece: “Pierre, it’s Tempo.” Tempest, a Premiership referee with international refereeing experience, was the same official who was TMO at the recent Women’s World Cup, where he failed to spot a biting incident on Ireland’s Aoife Wafer, even after numerous TV replays. Now, in Chicago rematch pitting Ireland…

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