I asked about this earlier and got a reply from "menace" (from Aus):
#69
#71
I agree it was in the marginal zone, but turning the shoulder in to hit with no arms made me think it was something else, kind of two marginals at the same time, if you know what I mean.
And I don't agree that AAC was so committed to the tackle that he couldn't avoid the contact... OTOH, it was a critical stage of the game and to call something marginal for a penalty... well we all know what can happen! Would be interesting to hear others' views...
Re collapsing the scrum, Sio was pinged three times in succession for collapsing the scrum, should this have been a YC?
Law 10.3(c):
Repeated infringements: standard applied by referee. When the referee decides how
many offences constitute repeated infringement, the referee must always apply a strict
standard in representative and senior matches. When a player offends three times the
referee must caution that player.
Does this mean a YC is mandatory after three offences - or the player must get warned after three offences? Everywhere else in this section the Laws say "cautioned and suspended" but here it just says "cautioned". I didn't see or hear CJ caution him after the 3rd...
And the last 3 scrums were collapse, pop-up, pop-up, all of which were ignored by CJ, who waved play on. My view FWIW was that it should have been a card for the 4th collapse, and a penalty for the two pop-ups - Aus didn't want to take the shove, simple as.
Law 8.3
(d) Collapsed scrum. Advantage must not be applied when a scrum collapses. The referee
must blow the whistle immediately.
(e) Player lifted in the air. Advantage must not be applied when a player in a scrum is lifted in
the air or forced upwards out of the scrum. The referee must blow the whistle immediately.
Not sure where any ambiguity would come from here :wtf: