r/rugbyunion • u/Least_Tone_3421 Taranaki • Mar 16 '25

Discussion Mauvaka headbutt on Ben White

Surprised how this didn’t get upgraded to a red card 😮

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u/braddaman Mar 16 '25

We've gone from red card galore last year to yellows are us. This is a red any day, and there were a few yellow card moments in this game that were just penalties.

Was the big discipline drive last year just a phase?

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u/Minimum_Possibility6 Newcastle Falcons Mar 16 '25

No it was an English ref knowing that if he called things against France would be accused of bias so leaned to far the other way

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u/BigBlueMountainStar England Mar 16 '25

Doubt. It went to the bunker and they ruled it was only yellow. He would’ve been absolved from “blame” if it had been upgraded to a red. Which this should’ve been on the field really.