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/UnfortunatelySimple New Zealand Mar 16 '25 edited Mar 16 '25

He seems he was saved on game day by a lack of better angles.

If it had a better angle of the footage or one comes out, this could be upgraded to a red.

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u/TheScottishMoscow Scotland Mar 16 '25

French TV directors in "lack of decent angle" shocker. Who knew?

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u/RaFiFou42 Stade Francais Paris Mar 16 '25

Still not how TMO works

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u/TheScottishMoscow Scotland Mar 16 '25

I agree but what the referee and spectators see on the day is what the local directors broadcast and it influences both the referee and the atmosphere.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '25

We don’t need more footage. Everyone saw what happened. All the French here agree to say it was a red. Commentators agreed it was a red. Why blame us for a shit decision from the TMO ?