Do explain one thing to me please. Was the yellow card that was, as you put it, “justified – it was a PROFESSIONAL and cynical foul.”, not exactly the same play as what Richie McCaw got away with just an “official warning”, after what must have been two “pretend” warnings before, in this weekend’s round 2 game?

Although I am a proud Springbok supporter, I always try and remain neutral when writing a post. What does get to me however, is when a referee doesn’t remain neutral when applying the rules of the game…

I did concede that the All Blacks were better on the day. They can however improve, e.g. handling errors, and that’s what I meant by made to look better by bad Springbok performance…

P.S. Deliberately slowing the ball in the red zone (5m out) is cynical play, no two ways about it, and after being warned, deserves a yellow card.

How is one infringement in the same area cynical, yet another not?

Thanks again for your comment, and please feel free to disagree with me whenever you want. We encourage healthy debate on the site.

I look forward to reading your thoughts.

Of course the yellow card was justified – it was a PROFESSIONAL and cynical foul. There is only one response to that. The “exact same” minutes later was not exactly the same. It was a penalty for sure but professional and cynical just yards from the line? No sir.

I’m guessing from your talk (never been here before) that you are a SA fan. As to a “bad on the day” then once more you’re blowing bubbles out your backside. They were made to look bad by an awesome performance from teh AB’s.

And before you think it – then no, I am NOT an NZ resident nor an AB fan but I do like good rugby. And the AB’s were more than good on that day. Oh, and it was repeated again toady.