All Blacks coach Ian Foster pointed out the Kolisi tackle was "similar" to Cane's but a different result.
"The game has got a few issues it's got to sort out," he said.
"That's not sour grapes. There were two similar incidents: one was a red, one was a yellow.
"It's a tough old day at the office when that happens and he'll be feeling a lot of emotion, I guess."
Foster also suggested World Rugby may need to consider changing the TMO process.
"Probably for the game to decide at some point. It's not tonight. We got the same behaviour from that TMO that we got in the Irish series last year, same TMO. So we expected what we got."