Australia second row Darcy Swain was red carded for a headbutt in retaliation to hair-pulling from his England opposite number Jonny Hill in a hugely eventful first-half in Perth.
Swain was sent for an early bath by Kiwi referee James Doleman while Hill was sin-binned following their dust-up after 34 minutes of the opening Test of a three-match series.
Given his reaction to the incident on Sky Sports, former England prop David Flatman said: “There is absolutely no defending it at all. There was a little bit of mucking around, a little bit of silliness. The hair-pulling from Jonny Hill is too much and the head to head from Darcy Swain, he just control and Australia have paid the price. Whatever way you look at that, you can not do it."
