i think a lot of this boils down into people's instinctive view on the action of throwing the ball at an oppo.
for some people it's intrinsically a very bad thing, whatever the circumstance, that makes them want to reach for whistle, and even their cards, and cancels out whatever happened before it.
It's just ... It's just.... it's just so unsporting.
for others (me!) the throw is not in itself that remarkable or important, I'm not that bothered by the throw itself, I'm more concerned with what was happening before that? what caused the throw? And so I'd be applying my framework in #35 and acting accordingly.
What caused the throw was a SH who though he could milk a penalty, so it's all about the throw.
Look at the broader context, SA ahead by one point.
SA2 is "hanging" throws squint into line out @73:11, no call from BOK!
SA2 has ball at back of maul and collapses with the ball at the bottom,
FDK had already overrun the ball and fallen over before regaining feet.
SA2 looks up folornly at the referee.
FDK not able to recover, Kolbe comes in picks and attempts drop goal @73:40. Misses.
@74:11 SA2 despite no offence or head shot goes off for HIA which allows PSDT to come back on. Dubious?
Poor clearance from 22DO, ball into touch, gives SA scrum on 22m
SA delay formation of scrum, @74:15 so BOK calls time off.
After the scrum SA have 7 phases all with clear shot for the drop goal, they progressed to France 5m line and slightly left of posts, where was the DG attempt here?
Aggressive defence push SA back.
At the breakdown France all defending in their RH half of the pitch. SA have players with gas and space.
@76:02 FDK has hands on ball at breakdown, looks and looks again, there are big runners looking to hit up but FDK decides to throw the ball at the French player, @76:05, who appears to be knelt over a SA player that has just been rucked.
Was he able to retire?
Did the SA player hold the French defender?
What I do know is that as SA go into bleat mode, in the replay you can see FDK change his view onto the French player and his pass is deliberately redirected where he is now looking.
With 3mins 20 remaining I think BOK bottled giving what may be considered a controversial penalty, so it was easier to give accidentally offside.
The scrum didn't occur within the next 60 secs and he blew, called fee kick and then time off, and then the scrum reformed! And the same again!
About 2 mins 20 to go and Rassie is having apoplexy shouting into his hand!
France take the scrum and attack, lazy runners are not targeted as France try to play rugby.
Breakdown infield and SA hands in ruck knock ball out of the side, SA could run clock down but bizarrely FDK kicks ball back to France!
BOK continues to warn SA to leave the ball rather than pinging them. For once I agree with Sexton.
So still think FDK was looking to milk but BOK allowed the game to drift and could/should have made a few judgments, potentially controversial, rather than let it all go, but apparently as the response to the French video shows he did ok!