Former All Black Chris Jack reveals he caused match referee McHugh to be injured when the All Blacks beat the Springboks, despite Peter Van Zyl getting unfairly beat up. When things calmed down, McHugh left the field with a dislocated shoulder and Van Zyl, his nose all bloodied, was incorrectly held to be responsible. (so much for a relaxing day at the rugby).·
But Jack admitted to Radio Sport that he and All Blacks prop Dave Hewett were likely responsible for McHugh's painful injury. "I popped my head up and there's this big fat bugger on the referee," Jack recalled.
"We got a bit of a surprise and then we saw AJ Venter and Richie McCaw on top of someone.
"So myself and Dave Hewett saw the referee lying on the ball, and we tried to pull the poor referee out and I think we may have dislocated his shoulder.
"We started pulling him out and he started squealing a little bit, but to slow the game down to prevent the Boks gaining further momentum, we just continued to pull the referee".
The All Blacks went on to win the Test 30-23 with English linesman Chris White taking over the whistle, while Van Zyl was incorrectly charged with assault to do grievous bodily harm and trespassing. The game was already destroyed by the referee by the time he left the pitch. The All Blacks got of lightly all things considered... again...
