Yet, he has reason to be disappointed with Sanzaar, and here's where it gets trickier for Super Rugby's governing body. The key is consistency, and after two rounds Sanzaar's officials appear to have dropped the ball already. Luatua's red card just before halftime at Waikato Stadium effectively ended the match as a contest. A mitigating factor might have been Malakai Fekitoa's yellow card for his mid-air collision with David Havili immediately beforehand, but it shouldn't have been. The minimum sanction for a high tackle, even if it starts below the shoulders, is a yellow card.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 06, 2017 03:05 UTC