the magpie
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During the closing stages of the South Africa/Australia match, Australia were reduced to uncontested scrums, after the referee ruled that Benn Robinson had returned to the field to replace an "injured" prop, so couldn't replace an injured Polotu-Nau.
When the scrums eventually packed down, rather than dropping a loose forward, the Wallabies scrum dropped a hooker - i.e. they had a 2 man front row.
Firstly, did Rolland err in not allowing Fainga to replace Polotu-Nau, and secondly, will his review be looked on unfavourably for allowing Australia to maintain 3 loose-forwards and 7 backs when short one man?
When the scrums eventually packed down, rather than dropping a loose forward, the Wallabies scrum dropped a hooker - i.e. they had a 2 man front row.
Firstly, did Rolland err in not allowing Fainga to replace Polotu-Nau, and secondly, will his review be looked on unfavourably for allowing Australia to maintain 3 loose-forwards and 7 backs when short one man?