Another week and another couple of contentious incidents that have provoked a huge amount of debate.
They both happened in the Rugby Championship clash between Australia and South Africa in Adelaide. Let’s start with the one involving the opposing scrum-halves which resulted in a yellow card for Faf de Klerk, which I thought was harsh.
What Faf tried to do was knock the ball backwards out of Nic White’s hands, which he is quite entitled to do. He was onside at the scrum and on his feet, so he’s entitled to knock White’s arm causing him to lose the ball forward which would become a knock-on. Or he can knock the ball backwards towards his own side to try and gain possession. All completely legal actions, as the ball was out of the scrum and he was onside.
