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All Blacks accuse Springboks of faking injuries to slow game
New Zealand called for referees to take a tough line on stoppages in rugby internationals after accusing South Africa of faking injuries to slow down play in their Tri-Nations Test in Wellington on Saturday night.
sounds like "we should have beaten them by more than the Wallabies did, but because we didn't I'll blame them for slowing the game down"A grim All Blacks coach Graham Henry was not happy with the manner of his side's 35-17 win, and believed the defending champions could have performed better if the match was not such a stop-start affair.
I'm actually pretty surprised they've come out with those comments!!!
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Referees have been directed not to stop for injuries when the player is being treated on the field and is away from play. E.g. a player getting the "magic sponge" on his goal line and play is 50m away. The exceptions are U19's where you must stop for injuries, scrums (hooker, prop, lock or scrum-half injured) and line-out (ball thrower only). The SA's counter this by littering the field with injuries. They can tackle a 100kg player but go down like Italians in the soccer world cup for everything else.
Spot on Ref