Referee wrong to red card Springbok Damian de Allende against All Blacks - Sanzaar; Rugby Stuff

Springboks midfield replacement Damian de Allende should not have been sent off for his late shot on All Black Lima Sopoaga, Sanzaar's foul play review committee has found.

 

De Allende was shown a red card in the dying minutes of New Zealand's 25-24 win over South Africa on Sunday morning (NZ Time), in a decision that stunned the Newlands crowd and has since been slammed by former referee Jonathan Kaplan. 

 

In his findings, foul play review committee chairman, Nigel Hampton QC, said the offence only warranted a yellow card.

 

Referee Jerome Garces got it wrong by brandishing a red card, Sanzaar says.

 

"The charge was late and the player (de Allende) had time to pull out before colliding with his opponent," Hampton's findings say.

 Kaplan is an attention seeking idiot but I do agree that a yellow was warranted not a red. Good to see SANZAAR speak up as this gives credibility to the process. They should  not leave Garcia out to dry though. 

 The French have always been shyte refs ,dodgy as fark too and garces and poite are 2 of the worst .Gotta love how Lima  forgave him any transgressions and commented on the lekker game,and Hansen sure as hell dont say they are off for a beer with the wallies or poms after eh ?

All this biatching and moaning is a load of crap. The irony is that the only team who scored any points after the red card were the Boks. The ABs had 25 points on the board at that point in time and the Boks had 17. Well, OK, the ABs actually had 22 and got three thanks to the penalty following the infringement. The Boks then went on to add seven to their tally. Maybe the red card was a bit of a blessing. LOL. Who knows, maybe without the card the score could have been something like 35 to 40-17.

 Damian de Allande deserved to get a red --Sopoaga would have gathered that drop goal and scored a try under the posts, end of story.(u like that Beanhead?

Red or yellow, it doesn't matter. With either one De Allende is off for the rest of the game. Even if it was just a penalty, the 3 points that put the All Blacks 8 points clear was the damage .

Agreed....much ado about nothing. Allende was off either way and converted a speculative drop goal into a match winning penalty.