Cheslin Kolbe has been slammed for his actions during the scuffle with Leroy Carter during Rugby\u2019s Greatest Rivalry Test match in Cape Town.<\/p>\n
The Springboks and All Blacks wingers squared up during the latter stages of the clash in South Africa\u2019s 33-26 victory in the second Test match after the former was bundled into touch.<\/p>\n
Kolbe took exception to Carter\u2019s actions thereafter, with the latter pulling the former to his feet after replacement scrum-half Kyle Preston had collected the ball.<\/p>\n
Cheslin Kolbe \u2018thuggery\u2019<\/p>\n
Once on his feet, the Bok winger appeared to push Carter, with many accusing Kolbe of punching<\/a> the All Black<\/a>, including outspoken New Zealand pundit Mark Watson, who believes the South African<\/a> should have been punished.<\/p>\n \u201cThe thing that should have seriously happened, like why wasn\u2019t Cheslin Kolbe<\/a> sent from the field for punching Leroy Carter?\u201d he said on DSPN.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI mean, you send a player off for 10 minutes for deliberate knock-ons; you send players off for 10 minutes for some marginal head-high tackles.<\/p>\n \u201cLeroy did absolutely nothing wrong. There was no provoking there at all. He stands up, and he basically slams him in the head with the left hook.<\/p>\n \u201cIf that was an All Black player, say Ardie Savea, the South Africans would have been all over that. That would have been every single meme; they would have been breaking it down and analysing it. He should have gone for at least 10 minutes. And that is one of the great frustrations for me as well. He got away with one.<\/p>\n \u201cI think Rassie knows he got away with one as well.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2018It was classic Rassie\u2019 \u2013 Ex-Springboks boss weighs in on Erasmus\u2019 controversial late changes<\/a><\/p>\n Cheslin Kolbe’s punch\/push<\/a> Watson\u2019s rant wasn\u2019t done there, as he continued: \u201cIn all seriousness, this guy stood up and basically punched him in the head unprovoked. He was holding on to the ball; it wasn\u2019t retaliation; it was blatant thuggery. I mean, if you do that in everyday life, you get arrested. Yet we can\u2019t send a guy off for 10 minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n Nick Mallett \u2018100%\u2019 with Rassie Erasmus as referee slammed for having \u2018preconceived notions\u2019 on Springboks scrum<\/a><\/p>\n All Blacks\u2019 selection grip<\/p>\n Turning his attention to the coaches, Watson also took issue with Dave Rennie\u2019s back-row selections for the second Test match as he believes that the head coach is selecting a team to counter South Africa\u2019s strengths and not for what best suits the All Blacks.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is a fascinating one, isn\u2019t it? It\u2019s also interesting, I guess, that dynamic that we\u2019re now starting to see with the psychological warfare off the field,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cOne thing that frustrated me a little bit: I said last week on this program that I felt Rassie was maybe waving the white flag that he was feeling the pressure, because we saw the naming of that team, and it was pretty much the same starting XV, other than changes due to injury, which has not been the Rassie way.<\/p>\n
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