{"id":595336,"date":"2026-09-09T20:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T20:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/595336\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T20:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T20:46:13","slug":"dave-rennies-verdict-on-ruben-loves-yellow-card-its-definitely-a-penalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/595336\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Rennie’s verdict on Ruben Love’s yellow card: ‘It’s definitely a penalty’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dave Rennie has confirmed that Ruben Love was offside before being yellow-carded in the third Rugby\u2019s Greatest Rivalry Test match against the Springboks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Both South Africa and New Zealand had their number 10s sent to the sin bin during the clash at the FNB Stadium in Soweto, with Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu yellow-carded for a deliberate knock-on.<\/p>\n

Later in the first-half, Love was also sent to the naughty chair after referee Nika Amashukeli deemed the first five to have been offside during a threatening Springboks\u2019 attack inside New Zealand\u2019s<\/a> 22.<\/p>\n

Dave Rennie\u2019s verdict on Ruben Love\u2019s yellow card<\/p>\n

The attack ended with Damian McKenzie holding Ox Nche up over the line, but many were left perplexed by the referee\u2019s decision to issue a yellow card to Love<\/a>, as the replays didn\u2019t show the instance where he was offside.<\/p>\n

As detailed in this publication\u2019s Law discussion<\/a>, Rennie confirmed that it wasn\u2019t the ruck after Manie Libbok was stopped just before the line that Love was penalised, but instead, it was the one that followed when Nche was held up over the line.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey went advantage off the first play off the line, and Ruben was clearly onside, and they said 12, which is Jordie Barrett, and both of them were clearly onside, but the next ruck, Ruben got a foot in front over the line, so that\u2019s what the penalty is for,\u201d he said during a press conference on Monday.<\/p>\n

While Rennie<\/a> agreed that it was a penalty, he said he questioned whether it was worthy of a yellow card but landed on the notion that the referee was consistent.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s definitely a penalty based on the law,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think, if it had been off the first ruck, I can understand the yellow card, but I guess he\u2019d yellow-carded one of their guys for a professional foul, so he\u2019s consistent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dave Rennie reveals All Blacks plan to limit Springboks\u2019 scrum dominance as World Rugby disagreement continues after assistant\u2019s \u2018gravy train\u2019 claim<\/a><\/p>\n

Small margins between Springboks and All Blacks<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the head coach said that the All Blacks need to make a few minor improvements to really start clicking, and once that happens, the results will follow.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s such small margins, and you\u2019re playing against a great side who are very good at winning those tight games \u2013 they\u2019ve got a history of it recently,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe couldn\u2019t control the game, or we couldn\u2019t stack positive moments together for a 10 or 15-minute period in the second-half, and they hurt us, and the Springboks are very good at applying pressure and punishing teams from that.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re disappointed because you reflect on that game and there are a couple of things that if we\u2019d done a little bit better, maybe we\u2019d get a better result, but we know we\u2019re not going to be flawless because of the type of game we\u2019re trying to play.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not going to get it right every time from a decision-making point of view, but if we can create enough of those opportunities and take a big chunk of them, then that should be good enough to win games.\u201d<\/p>\n

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