Foster suggests inconsistent ruling after de Groot's red card

Foster suggests inconsistent ruling after de Groot's red card

By Rashika Kumar
Saturday 16/09/2023
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The All Blacks have trounced Nambia 71-3 but it came at a significant cost with prop Ethan de Groot suffering a red card in the final 10 minutes and facing a likely ban.

De Groot went high in a tackle on 71 minutes and was given a yellow by referee Luke Pearce.

It was upgraded to a red while he waited on the bench and he became the first All Black red carded at a World Cup.

All Blacks coach Ian Foster wasn’t convinced that it was red worthy and seemingly made reference to a controversial moment in the France vs Uruguay game a day earlier.

Foster says they will have a look at it, there was a lot of shoulder on shoulder in that contact, but they will compare it to something that happened yesterday and see what comes from it.

Without elaborating, it’s thought Foster was referring to a yellow given to Frenchman Romain Taofifenua in their win over Uruguay.

Meanwhile, in other matches tomorrow, Samoa takes on Chile at 1am, Wales takes on Portugal at 3.45am while Ireland takes on Tonga at 7am.

[Source: The Roar]

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