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By Matt Hardy English rugby chiefs have described an incident whereby it looked as if a Television Match Official (TMO) was influenced by TNT Sports commentary as “regrettable”. In the second half of the Premiership match between Saracens and Harlequins, TMO Stuart Terheege was heard stating that his officiating team couldn’t look at a potential foul play incident because TV pundit Austin Healey had raised it on commentary. The move, which was still deemed as a penalty, was yesterday described as “regrettable” by the Rugby Football Union. TMO distracted “TNT Sports’ audio directors can cut to …