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<blockquote data-quote="OllyM97" data-source="post: 1222078" data-attributes="member: 85525">As much as Ben White&#039;s milking of it was poor, how that incident wasn&#039;t viewed as a straight red card is beyond me. Mauvaka, off the ball and not in the act of tackling, went in at speed and flew at a player on the ground with his head - and it wasn&#039;t an accident. It was the cheapest of cheap shots and it was deliberate foul play. A 3 week ban is a complete farce - admitting guilt and a previously good disciplinary record shouldn&#039;t be scope to get a ban reduced when it&#039;s a deliberate act. For things like that I think they have to start giving bans of 3-4 months, that&#039;s the only way you will get things like that out of the game. The fact that they now admit that it should have been a red card leaves a sour taste in the mouth. Scotland would have had a very good shot at winning that game, even if it had only been a 20 minute red-card.&nbsp; Mauvaka&#039;s actions should have cost his team a Championship if the officials had done their job properly. When an obviously poor decision changes the outcome of a tournament it makes it hard to take.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="OllyM97, post: 1222078, member: 85525"] As much as Ben White’s milking of it was poor, how that incident wasn’t viewed as a straight red card is beyond me. Mauvaka, off the ball and not in the act of tackling, went in at speed and flew at a player on the ground with his head - and it wasn’t an accident. It was the cheapest of cheap shots and it was deliberate foul play. A 3 week ban is a complete farce - admitting guilt and a previously good disciplinary record shouldn’t be scope to get a ban reduced when it’s a deliberate act. For things like that I think they have to start giving bans of 3-4 months, that’s the only way you will get things like that out of the game. The fact that they now admit that it should have been a red card leaves a sour taste in the mouth. Scotland would have had a very good shot at winning that game, even if it had only been a 20 minute red-card. Mauvaka’s actions should have cost his team a Championship if the officials had done their job properly. When an obviously poor decision changes the outcome of a tournament it makes it hard to take. [/QUOTE]

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