Nothing to see here, just four Kenyan players carrying Australian star Corey Toole off the field!
Rugby at the Commonwealth Games provided some quite brilliant moments. In the men's game, Fiji v New Zealand was a feast of attacking flair and straight-up physicality and Australia Women got revenge on the Black Ferns, beating them in the semi-final, before South Africa's men turned over Olympic champions Fiji to take home gold.
This one is right up there with the best moments, and not for the usual reasons, it's straight up bizarre and not something you see every day.
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Kenya were leading 5-0 against Australia, the lads from Down Under had a man in the sin bin so were already up against it. Then Aussie man Corey Toole found himself running a pretty lateral line, before doubling back on himself and getting caught by three Kenyan players. Those three were joined by a fourth, and they hoisted him up so his knees couldn't touch the ground. They completely absorb him, leaving him isolated.
The commentator cleared up the legalities for those watching. "A choke tackle in operation. Now this is an interesting moment because Kenya, if they keep his knees off the floor, they can literally just carry Corey Toole all the way to the sideline."
Toole was scrambling to find a way out, squirming as he wrapped his legs around one player, but his efforts bore no fruit. The commentary team assured viewers that all of this was within the rules of the law.
"His feet are in the air now. The referee can't blow the whistle, live play continues," the commentator added.
World Rugby's laws stipulate that play remains open until a player's knee hits the ground or if the player is taken into touch. Therefore the referee was powerless to do anything to prevent such an odd scenario.
Toole was ushered over the touchline, by quite some distance it is worth mentioning, giving the Kenyans the advantage. "Little Corey Toole just thrown over the sideline like a sack of spuds!" he added.
Former Wales Sevens captain Philippa Tuttiett highlighted just how bizarre this moment was. "It's one of those unusual rules," she said. "You very rarely see this"
The video is one of the most-watched on rugby TikTok during the opening weekend of the Games, with more than 1.4million views in just one day.
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