Gardner admits that he misnamed Farrell during the Bok Test

Cape Town – Australian referee Angus Gardner admitted that he should have punished the Englishman Owen Farrell for a controversial tackle against South African Andre Esterhuizen during a test at Twickenham earlier this month.

Gardner chose not to impose a penalty on the Springboks after he had the impression that the English flyweight Farrell executed a dangerous unarmed tackle in the center of Springbok.

"I think with hindsight now, after discussing it with other referees (…), I think the general consensus would be that a penalty would probably have been the result that should have been to be given, "said Gardner. Will Greenwood podcast, Quoted by Sky sports.

Gardner made these comments shortly after being named the World Rugby 's year – round referee at a ceremony in Monaco on Sunday night.

"I think we need to see a bandage with both arms, and I think that in hindsight – although it was stuck – there was not enough bandage for them. two arms, really, there was a bandage with one arm, but there was not one. " t an envelope with the other arm. "

Gardner, however, explained why he made the decision at the time. He explained that the angles available on Twickenham's screen gave the impression that Farrell had done enough to wrap his arm.

"It was never high, so we only looked at the tackle technique and the collision itself also influenced my decision because it was a big collision at the time. rugby, and we see these successes in the game, "added Gardner.

The incident occurred on the last stroke of the match, which England then won 12-11.

Investigated on this incident during the post-game press conference, Springbok Rbadie Erasmus coach had an interesting point of view: "We should start attacking like that and running it. like that, nothing annoys me about the attack we have to keep. " that if it is legal, it is effective. To attack a guy like André and shut him up, that is to go. There is no sarcasm at all. "

Despite the fact that it was not sarcastic, it became clear that Erasmus was outraged by this decision. The following week, a video footage showed Erasmus what Esterhuizen taught how to perform a tackle like Farrell did.

Farrell was not cited for the incident.

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